Introducing Cancer Blogging
This was ready to go a lot sooner. The reason being that people have been asking how I am. That’s great, but it’s a nuisance to make all the responses individually tailored. Hopefully this will answer most of the questions. It was first delayed because I was very politely asked not to put it up till I got news that I was cancer-free. Someone didn’t want to read a story with an ambiguous ending, or worse.
The next delay was the death of Alex Smith which left me not wanting to put up a series of light hearted blog posts. The following entries are varying degrees of flippant. By and large that’s a fairly accurate way about how I feel about my cancer experience. However, that doesn’t mean my experience is meant to mock anyone else who has cancer themselves, or has someone close to them being treated for cancer. It’s perfectly possible that your experience won’t be the same There’s three reasons why I’m fairly relaxed about the whole thing.
I have no children. I’m not going to be worried about leaving any children behind and worrying if they’re going to be able to cope. Nor am I going to be a burden on them. If I did have children I’d be an awful lot grimmer.
I knew it would be testicular cancer if I had cancer. I’m told it’s the most treatable of all the proper cancers. I’ve no idea what an improper cancer is. Regardless, what I’ve got is likely to be far more mild than what a lot of cancer patients have. I’ve seen some very sick people, the worst I’ve felt is knackered for a few days.
I’m inappropriately curious about many things. I’ve never had cancer before and, so long as it’s not getting too bad, it’s an interesting experience. I’m told one in three people are likely to develop it at sometime, so I might have a bit more understanding about it after going through treatment.
What follows is my experience.
Technically it’s Schrödinger’s cancerDiscovering a minor worry probably isn’t cancer.
A bad joke is not going to remove a tumourI get the diagnosis.
TMI: It’s Tuesday!Having the tumour removed.
It could have been worse – I could have woken up in a small puddle of SOMEONE ELSE’S bloodWhat happened on returning home.
The doughnut leaves a bitter tasteThe CT scanner will never get a Michelin star.
I’m not sure what the rate of interest isHow to open an account at a Sperm Bank
The elixir of youthHow chemotherapy can take you back to adolesence.
These entries will be going up day by day, so they won’t all be working immediately. They’ve been put together from notes that I was making at the time so I hope that most of the tenses will make sense.
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