Believe it or not, it is exactly one year ago today that I contacted the GP surgery with my current condition. Believe it or not, I thought I had an infection. If you read my blog from the start of this series, you will find that it was just a wee bit more complicated. It…
There are a lot of things happen when you get chemotherapy, but everyone is different and it all depends on the recipe of drugs which they put into you for your particular cancer. Most people tend to think that hair loss is going to happen, and most people are told that it will. With me,…
So, did I buy the turbo trainer, or didn’t I? Well, the answer to that is easy – it’s yes. Yes to both questions!
To buy or not to buy, that is the question. But before we get to the answer, it would be a good idea to let you now how I actually got to the question. The last few weeks have had a few problems laced through them. The first problem was just over three weeks ago…
I have only just this minute realised that it is exactly 7 months ago today that I first went to the doctor at the start of a journey that has taken me through the deepest valleys and the steepest mountains of my life. During these months, I have been told I am close to death…
In my last post I was saying how things have changed quite dramatically for me. There would be no going back to certain bits of my life, like long walks, long cycle rides and going to the gym. I took comfort from the fact that I had actually had a time in my life where…
Libby and I had our second date in St Andrews over 24 years ago. It was a picnic in the sand dunes. It was wonderful – even though it was November! Since then, St Andrews has always been a special place for us and we have been so many times, walking along the wonderful beach,…
I have always been a great believer in making plans, especially when we are doing something special or going away somewhere. It is best to get it right and not miss anything out. Be in control! The trouble is that we are seldom, if ever in control. Something will always get in the way -…
Just three little words – How are you? How often do we say them? I think most of the time we don’t even say them, we just let them out, because it’s just a form of saying hello. Yes, we mean the hello bit of it, but then we quickly pass on, because we aren’t…
For most of the first 20 years of my life I lived next to the Clyde, a beautiful river with stunning scenery around it. Where I was, the river was very wide and was for most of the time calm. Occasionally the wind would get up and the river would get a bit choppy and…
I spent a lot of time thinking about the title of today’s episode – Tears for Fears, Yesterday, Perfect Day, Tomorrow Never Comes, All Our Yesterdays – and a couple of dozen others that I can’t remember for the life of me. Maybe I can’t remember the others because of all my yesterdays. I did…
Most of the time, all is calm, then I’m in a bit of a storm. I was never a great fan of big dippers and so I always kept away from them. The trouble with this big dipper is that it comes to get me! I am very happy to say that my urgent appointment…