Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of the discovery, and confirmation, of my cancer. It was my debut (and only so far) colonoscopy...

Yesterday was chemo cycle 21. I was in and out of hospital in what felt like a flash; just over three hours, which may be a new record. I...

This week Lisa and myself travelled to Burton hospital for my scan results. The third 'staging' CT scan I've had since my diagnosis, I'm...

I thought I should give a short-ish update after last week's post about the disappearance of the bulk of my white blood cells....

I'd never heard of a 'neutrophil' before I had cancer. Now my well-being, and diary planning, depends on the little bleeders. For...

Hi, it’s Lisa, Pete’s ‘better half’ or ‘his wife’ as I’m also partial to be known! It's been nearly ten months since Pete was told he...

I realised, as I lay in bed the other morning, that this will be my 50th Christmas on this planet. That's a lot of Christmases -...

As mentioned in an earlier post, Radio 4's Today programme is the perfect remedy for insomnia. If I've been awake in the early hours due...

Sitting on the sofa with a warm cat on my lap, Mogwai slow-marching through the speakers and grey drizzle dropping outside, I'm searching...

It's been quite a week, including getting my latest scan results and my next treatment plan, plus running my first 10k since chemo...

One of the best presents Lisa bought me in recent years were some swanky, silver-coloured Bose noise-cancelling headphones for our 25th...

After September's burst of three posts in as many weeks, I've hesitated to put fingers to keyboard for a bit. I think it's partly due to...

I thought I'd take advantage of the steroids again and get another post up while feeling relatively alert (despite the usual three hours...

In the wake of my last long, pretty intense post, I thought I'd share a brief update about the bizarre resilience of the human body. In...

Caution: I'm writing this post while on steroids. I scribbled the bulk of it on my phone between 11pm and 1am last night as said steroids...

We've started belatedly binge-ing the American box set Atlanta. A comedy loosely based on the hip-hop scene, it's pretty surreal at times...

I can't believe it's been almost three weeks since my last post. The truth is after the initial new-ness of my diagnosis, treatment and...

I've always been prone to 'shoulding' myself. The term was apparently coined by pyschologist Clayton Barbeau. It means to put pressure on...

I've just got back from my first run since May. It was a gruelling 1.25 mile affair around the local football fields. My heart rate,...

There's been a slightly longer gap than usual between posts but, don't worry, I'm still here and, to again quote man-of-the-moment Elton...