The Expulsion of Tony!

Getting rid of the unwanted that is Cancer

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  • IT’S BEEN A BIT OF A YEAR

    Okay, where were we? I feel I need to apologise for not adding an update before now but to be honest, it has been a bit busy just with life stuff. I left you with the fact that not all of Tony had been removed on the first surgery and a second attempt was needed Read more

  • Getting better (part 1)

    Thursday 3rd October post-surgery and it is time to go home, time to leave the confines of the hospital and the reassurance of trained staff who are around 24 hours a day should I need them – the fact that they were there was enough for me to crack on. I was not issued with Read more

  • Crooked smile

    Saturday night came and went and I really had no idea what was going on.  Eating and drinking was not an option, nurses and doctors came and went every two hours taking observations, topping up drugs whilst I laid listless in the bed wondering what happens next. Suddenly it was Sunday morning and Kingy was Read more

  • Time for tony to leave!!

    28th September time to check-in to the Hospital and get this done. My lovely friend Janice drove me into Exeter and insured that I arrived just after 7am, I waved her away and made my way to the ward. Changed into a rather swish wraparound gown which hid my bum without the need for ties Read more

  • 60+ 1 Week

    I had an appointment for 24th July but during that the morning I had a phone call to say that I had been booked into the wrong clinic(?) and could I come on the Friday – so off I popped to my local hospital and saw the ENT consultant.  We had a chat about what Read more

  • july 19th – what a night!

    Quick refresher – I have talked about the ongoing issues with the referral (happy to leave that behind for a few posts to be honest) and I have skirted around why I did not tell people about Tony. Well, one of the main reasons was the my 60th was looming and I decided to make Read more

  • gap filler (April – September)

    I am going to give just an outline of the activities I/we did during this time, I was determined to get on with things despite the loooooong wait for referral and I do love to live life to the full and you cannot let the threat of Cancer stop you from getting on. April – Read more

  • thanks y’all

    Before I continue with the whole referral thing, two weeks post-surgery (more details later – gotta keep the thread going), I am pleased to report I am doing good and getting stronger by the day however, I need to say some important thank you’s. Firstly, Kingy’ my amazing husband who has been an absolute legend. Read more

  • Tony was in the background, but my life went on :)

    So once the beginning of February had been and gone the following five months was spent chasing the referral via my surgery and then the NHS app who insisted on asking ‘do you still want this referral?????’ Obviously, the answer from me was a resounding yes but it is quite hard to make a yes Read more

  • Hello 2024, are we gonna got this sorted?

    So, understand I am not here to apportion blame, nor get anyone in trouble – seriously who is there to blame for Cancer? This is not one particular doctors ‘fault’ this is about an overloaded system. A system that this country used be, should be and should continue to be very proud of. Let us Read more