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Category Archives: About artists.
Looking up.
Why am I looking up? Because I’ve spent a long time looking down. Nothing much has changed, maybe. Life is about attitude. Terry Pratchett was of the opinion, often stated in his books, that we tell ourselves stories to explain … Continue reading
Worry.
My first and probably only meeting with the oncologist midweek was a disaster, to say the least. My specialist nurse has been off sick. I do not take the OH into meetings: I did once and he contradicted what I … Continue reading
Futurology.
You should not wish your life away, though on average we spend 1000 hours a year online, which we don’t have to do, and, in a lifetime, 13 months sitting on the toilet, which we do have to do, though … Continue reading
Future dread.
I have come to dread the arrival of letters from the hospital. Last week I had a couple of awful ones. One was the appointment with the oncologist, which is at nine in the morning next week. It feels like … Continue reading
Buckets of blood part 2
The first news is that the news is not good. I saw the surgeon on Friday; the histology shows that the cancer had invaded more than half the muscle which makes it stage two. I will see an oncologist in … Continue reading
Yo ho yuk and buckets of blood. Part the first.
Prior to going into hospital on the 25th of January for cancer surgery, I did as much as I could to put my affairs in order. I just knew something was going to go horribly wrong. Some of the most … Continue reading
Not over
Thank you for your emails and good wishes, all of which have been read but not responded to, because when I said I was back, whilst I was, it wasn’t for long. Since then I have been back to hospital … Continue reading
Backer than Arnie
I am still here. Mangled. Full of cold – unhealthy places, hospitals, lots of sick people. I am sneezing and coughing and clutching myself each sneeze. But still here. I didn’t think I was going to be. I thought something … Continue reading
The thick plottens.
The date of my surgery for cancer, providing there’s no delays, is Thursday. I’m saying providing there’s no delay like someone who didn’t get the exploratory stuff deferred three times. I originally went to my doctor with suspicions at the … Continue reading