The Expulsion of Tony!

Getting rid of the unwanted that is Cancer

#bootupandstompit

  • 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