Hi fellow GB downhillers, I know I am supposed to be on my month of R&R, however I had a call from the radiotherapy department yesterday and the on-call doctor there said my platelets were low so need monitoring so could I arrange an appointment with my GP to have my bloods taken on a …
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Last day of first phase
Friday 5th Oct Day 30 and appointment is 4pm this afternoon UK time, woowee!!!!! They have said I can have my mask if I would like it, Hell yes!!!! Wearing it for Halloween, but declining to ring the bell (don’t want to tempt fate, after all this is the first phase). After the scan I …
Day 29
Morning/evening/night (delete as appropriate for your time zone) fellow GB sledders. I have 2 sessions left and today is Thursday so that means Vampire day (yes bloods to be taken), God I hate this bit, roll on my month off. How am I feeling? I have been having a bit of pain on the left-hand …
One week to go
Five weeks down and one week to go for my radio/chemo treatment. It seems to have gone by quickly so far. Appointment slots have been up and down like a fiddlers elbow, with some early and I mean early (6.30 in a morning and the opposite end of the spectrum with the same time on …
Day 20
Well nearly 4 weeks down and 2 to go. Thursday I had my bloods done again, (I know, it comes round so quickly every Thursday). So same nurse as last time and I explained to her I do not like plasters, so what does she try and do? Put a plaster on it!! When I …
Day 18
Another session of treatment today, been given stupid ‘o’clock (6:10pm). I suppose it’s my own fault for requesting afternoon appointments, but when does that time equate to an afternoon? My hair has started to fall out where the radiotherapy is targeting so I have shaved the more hirsute side and gone a bit Peaky Blinders, …
Days out
My treatment has been Monday to Friday for the radiotherapy, (fellow down hill competitors will go yes so are we doh!!!!!!), well mine started on a Tuesday as it was a Bank Holiday Monday, so I did have one Saturday appointment. However now back on track, so last Saturday I went to Boscobel House, another …
Treatment
Hi fellow crew of the GB bobsled team and family supporters. Well yesterday was interesting, had two appointments for two separate issues – had my radio/chemo treatment in the morning so was there for 0830, but my typical luck the machine was playing up so was lying on the bed with my mask on for …
Tiger tiger burning bright
I am giving a shout out to another warrior who has been randomly picked on by cancer. You may hae read, Angus McDonald, a Hull City player, has recently been diagnosed with early stages of bowel cancer. I was born in Hull so there is a tiger always in my heart. Even though I have …
Still kicking
I know it has been a few days since I last posted and I apologise for the failure to keep you updated as to my current situation. Im now on chemo/radiotherapy session number 8 and how am I feeling? Like the rest of the GB Bobsled Team (bored shitless I believe). I still have the …
Brain Man 