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Cancer Husband

Is Twitter/X an Awful Place?

Dec 31, 2024

Dec 31, 2024

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Where’s our victory parade?

Optimism and realism during my wife’s cancer treatment

May 8, 2024

Where’s our victory parade?

May 8, 2024

The restorative power of watching a marathon

Or how the London Marathon got me crying again.

Apr 25, 2024

The restorative power of watching a marathon

Apr 25, 2024

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Watching my wife’s beautiful, battered body

Nakedness and sex through her cancer treatment

Apr 15, 2024

Watching my wife’s beautiful, battered body

Apr 15, 2024

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Am I In A Terrible Mess?

The cost of cancer, and maintaining normality for the kids

Mar 11, 2024

Am I In A Terrible Mess?

Mar 11, 2024

What am I doing here?

And is it a book?

Mar 1, 2024

What am I doing here?

Mar 1, 2024

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Man Who Rarely Cries, Cries

Unpicking the mess of emotions that brought me to tears

Feb 5, 2024

Man Who Rarely Cries, Cries

Feb 5, 2024

Loyalty

A card nobody wants

Jan 30, 2024

Loyalty

Jan 30, 2024

The Waiting Room Far From Home

A Christmas In Accident & Emergency

Dec 23, 2023

The Waiting Room Far From Home

Dec 23, 2023

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Saying Goodbye To My Wife’s Curls

A love letter to the hair that chemo is taking from us

Dec 14, 2023

Saying Goodbye To My Wife’s Curls

Dec 14, 2023

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New Writers Welcome

Sex, Chemo, and Poisoned Parts

Our very modern love story

Nov 30, 2023

Sex, Chemo, and Poisoned Parts

Nov 30, 2023

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Raising a Beautiful Mind

Telling Our Children Their Mum Has Cancer

Lessons from the toughest conversation I’ve faced

Nov 29, 2023

Telling Our Children Their Mum Has Cancer

Nov 29, 2023

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ILLUMINATION

The Time-Bending, Energy-Sucking Adventure of Chemo

Chemotherapy cycle three of eight is done

Nov 25, 2023

The Time-Bending, Energy-Sucking Adventure of Chemo

Nov 25, 2023

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Tiny Trauma

How are our two young kids dealing with their mom’s cancer?

Nov 13, 2023

Tiny Trauma

Nov 13, 2023

The days after chemo

Oct 30, 2023

The days after chemo

Oct 30, 2023

Chemo Cycle 1/8

Today’s the day. Controlled poison, adding a few percentage points to the likelihood that my wife survives for the next decade, and beyond.

Oct 25, 2023

Oct 25, 2023

Wigs and fake breasts

We went back to the hospital, for what we think is the 9th time since my wife first found the worrying lumps. This time it was to visit the…

Oct 17, 2023

Wigs and fake breasts

Oct 17, 2023

Good news, and the fightback begins

Oct 10, 2023

Good news, and the fightback begins

Oct 10, 2023

Choosing Chemo

and a tour of the ward

Oct 9, 2023

Choosing Chemo

Oct 9, 2023

Pathos

How about this for pathos? I’ve got a loyalty card for the Oncology Department café. We’ll be here at least 9 more times, and probably…

Oct 6, 2023

Pathos

Oct 6, 2023

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Cancer Husband

Family adventures while cancer is in the house.

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