August 2013: The end of the begining or the beginning of the end?
'Muhammad Ali would not settle for any ordinary resurrection, not only did Ali roll away the rock in Zaire, he hit George Foreman on the head with it.'
Given just months to live; then “spontaneous remission”, a miracle or just cancer sense?
Every year I am offered an appointment with an oncologist to see how I am, it’s usually with a registrar rather than a consultant. If it’s one I know I will start the conversation with “don’t look so depressed because…
Reaching 60 years was my second milestone and I realised “incurable” just means the doctors don’t know how to fix it.
In August 2013 doctors gave me a death sentence! With that ” power gaze” the philosopher Michel Foucault described, they took away all hope and told me to prepare for the end. I searched the medical literature for some encouragement…
“October” is not Cancer month, every fucking month is.
Hate this shit that shows up on my profile on Face Book no doubt because the C word comes up often and the assume I am interested and might give to a cancer charity. October is not cancer month, if…
Sometimes all that gives the terminally ill a reason for living, is a little ray of hope
For the second day in a row the Guardian is going with this negative story of people seeking alternatives to help them live better with cancer. Again they sully the memory of Jesica Ainscough who died a few days ago…
Slash burn and poison is not that effective and should not have a monopoly on cancer treatment
Have to laugh at this article by oncologist Dr Ranjana Srivastava in todays Guardian 4/3/15 “What do doctors say to ‘alternative therapists’ when a patient dies? Nothing. You have to love this outrage when someone decided to shun the medical cartel for…
More smoke and mirrors from the cancer industry. You are going get Cancer, so give us your money and we will save you.
Cancer rates are increasing, change your lifestyle before giving more money to the cancer industry
He’s not dead, he’s stoned from cannabis oil!
Since being diagnosed with cancer in 2011, my family and I have been aware that the end would come one day and it would be unpredictable. On Friday the 13 June 2014 the “grim reaper” came for me at 3:00…
The Great Wall of China Marathon
Doing this Marathon was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.
24 hours to go
We are staying in a “town” I have never heard of near the wall.the tell me it has a population of 3 million, but you could not see the size of the place for the smog Day before race took…
Inspecting the Wall
Left Beijing at 6.30 to inspect the route. The steps are harder than I thought, I guess there were no building regs when they were built. Took an hour to get across a 4 K section. Great to meet up…
Copenhagen August 2012
We have just landed in Beijing It’s hard to believe its only last August we first talked about this and now we are here.its really happening. I was hoping to keep my friends informed on Facebook but its not allowed…
Its only your hands and feet, cant be too bad.
When I tell people I had lost all sensation in my hands and feet after chemotherapy they would often say, that’s not too bad. I suppose if you compare it to losing your eyesight or losing a limb it doesn’t…
I can deal with fear, not sure about angry husbands
End of June we went for a few days to Center Parks with the kids. Its a kind of middle class Butlins, with lots of sports activities and swimming facilities, which are help full in getting feeling back into my…
Me and Lance Armstrong
Perhaps now is the time to tell readers about my relationship with Lance and the role he played in getting me to run the Great Wall Marathon. When I was first diagnosed. A number of people suggested I read…
My Recovery gets some speed on my Tour de France
The longest march starts with the first step and up until France, they had been baby steps. Probably the first big improvement in my physical condition that would lead to the Great Wall of China happened during my ten days…
The end of the beginning
Starting the recovery after chemotherapy
Rx for Health: A Daily Dose of Exercise!
There is an increasing awareness in health care of the relationship between Exercise and wellbeing. Last year at a conference I met Dean Ornish who I later found out was Steve Jobs doctor. He did a study and found people who did…
Play and Laughter – Hard-Wired for Our Healing
When I was first diagnosed Janette contacted her former boyfriend Carlos a bio tech analyst to get the latest info on cancer research. Everyone wonders how Janette and I are got together, we are so so different; Carlos on the…
Informing the children
When disaster hits having people to love is what is important