Six Years & Counting
In the 12 months since my discharge from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, I have done my utmost to distance myself from kidney...
The Final Countdown
In 2 days I take a trip to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for my 5 year scans. I’m hoping the results will mean that I can be...
Unfashionable Cancer Marathon
It’s no secret that I applied to run the London Marathon this year. To be fair at the time I really did want to take part. I knew that...
On My Marks!
This Sunday 15th October I will run in the Simply Health Great Birmingham Run. I’ve entered the half marathon distance and have run the...
No Holds Barred – A Good Appointment
I’m currently still in the process of putting this blog into book format. To do so has meant fictionalising all of the characters, myself...
3 Huge words – No Evidence of Disease
Well technically it’s four but what a beautiful sound they have! After a few weeks of worry followed by the inevitable blood tests and...
Scan Silver Lining
I should’ve been on auto pilot the number of times I’ve driven to the hospital but I still managed to make a wrong turn. On arrival it’s...
Tunnel of Light
First thing Tuesday morning I will be heading feet first back into that all seeing tunnel of light, the ct scan. Although my annual...
That Time of Year
It’s exactly 4 years since I was whisked off to hospital and discovered I had kidney cancer. It’s a weird one because as anniversaries go...
It’s All Write
I’ve been asked a few times whether I’d turn this blog into a book and I’d dismissed this for a long while. The main reason for not...