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Wed 22nd June 2022 MIKE: [goes over to Helen, who examining herself in her compact] Here we are, baby. Ready for action, ready for fun, ready for love, and [checks his watch] it's only just gone one. HELEN: Is that the time? MIKE: No, time is an abstract concept. This is a wristwatch. So, time … Continue reading 43. Time

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Thursday 28th April Well, if you read the last post, the good news is my face didn’t fall off. Monday in for chemo – nope – blood count 74. Lowest it’s ever been and dangerous. Tuesday blood transfusion – 2 units. Wednesday back for chemo. Blood count up to 95. Green for go...... New drug … Continue reading 42. CRASH

18th April 2022 It’s been 3 years now. And The Drugs Don’t Work. I’m down 50 pounds. Pain is creeping in, the body is breaking down and I’ve lost a lot of strength. Hopefully yet to lose my sense of humour, and hopefully not my mind. My music taste (being an old goth) has often … Continue reading 41. The Verve

12th Feb 2022 WARNING - This contains no medical information about me. I always get the same room at hospital and watch the squirrels play outside the winow. I joke with the nurses about their antics. This was written for them. This short story takes place in a hospital not far from me. The hospital … Continue reading 40. The Hospital Squirrels

30 October 2022 Life is full of uncertainty. Mine perhaps more so than most. But then the universe is built on uncertainty. The whole universe is driven by quantum physics….. Hold tight for a physics lesson….. Fundamental to quantum physics is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. I think this and quantum mechanics generate some of the … Continue reading 39. uncertainty

30 October 2022 Life is full of uncertainty. Mine perhaps more so than most. But then the universe is built on uncertainty. The whole universe is driven by quantum physics….. Hold tight for a physics lesson….. Fundamental to quantum physics is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. I think this and quantum mechanics generate some of the … Continue reading uncertainty

18th June 2021 Some good news. I got my latest scan results recently. As far as the radiologist can tell there's been no progression from the last scan. That's around my liver and spleen - although I'm sure that's the first time they've mentioned spleen. But anyway it looks like adding in the nasty Oxaliplatin … Continue reading 38. That’s Quite Hot!

4 June 2021 Blood - eaten by Northerners and Scots, life force of vampires, forger of brotherly bonds, and around 10 pints in the body. Mainly made from plasma, but with 3 types of blood cells. Platelets which help clotting. White cells to fight off infection. Red cells to carry oxygen. Fairly early, doctors noticed … Continue reading 37. Blood

I've always had a soft spot for Iron after I found out it with an atomic mass of 56, it is the heaviest element a star can make. The heavier elements nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, gold, uranium etc are only made when a star goes supernova. Iron is also one of only 3 … Continue reading 36. Iron Man