Tag: Cancer diaries
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A little cancer update

Gav is doing well. They cut out the 6cm tumour and he doesn’t need chemo. This is everything. This means shorter recovery time. But we aren’t counting our chickens. The last few weeks haven’t been easy. He has lost over 2.5 stone, approximately 16kilos in 5 weeks. He has lost weight off his belly and…
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Feeling grateful at this awful time

My life is hard at the moment. In sickness and in health has never been such a prominent promise. The hardest thing is watching the one that you love struggle. Because everything is a struggle. The last few weeks have been trying, frustrating and painful and I am not the one going through cancer, except…
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Coping with cancer and failing
Not sure if this is a funny story or not. Gavin had had a bad day. A tube down his nose and throat was making him gag so he didn’t couldn’t talk. He hadn’t slept and looked tired and gaunt straight away i new he wasn’t himself. It was heartbreaking to see. I still haven’t…
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Gav is okay
Surgery went well. He is moving, he is also very sore. After almost a week he had his first meal today. He can change his stoma bag which hopefully won’t be permanent, but if it is it is. He has good hours and bad hours and very little rest. His friends and family have been…
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Well it’s Cancer…..

Hi all Bad news but not the worst news. My husband has stage 2/3 cancer. He has a large tumour growing in his rectum and will soon be going in for surgery to have it removed. The good news is it hasn’t spread and the fear of becoming a widow sooner than nature intended is…
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Life update: is it the c-word?

I can’t decide wether to publish this post or not. It’s not my story. If you are reading it, I pushed the button. It’s not my body or my health. So maybe if I write it it can be from my perspective rather than from my husbands. Fuck it. He may have cancer. He is…
