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Tag Archives: anal cancer
The Last Day and a Good Death
I’m Nic. I have been a close friend of Deb’s for fifteen years. For the last four, I have been one of the crew members on the Nostromo, if you will. I accompanied the protagonist as she lived with (don’t … Continue reading
Blue bird of Happiness….
OK I fibbed about the weekly update but in my defence I’ve had a frozen shoulder and blah, blah ….I went for an X-ray on Friday because when you’re in my position there’s always a bit of an “oh, let’s … Continue reading
In which Ripley has a bit of a sit down and reads the papers….
I’ve been meaning to blog before now. Before “the news” (yes I did pause to make air quotation marks then) the idea was a weekly -ish blog about other stuff as I assumed I didn’t have to be Not Quite … Continue reading
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“Don’t be afraid. I’m part of the family.”
That is a quote from Alien 3. When naming a blog after a film you should be wary of sequels. I wasn’t going to write this yet but I promised I would and in a strange way I wanted to … Continue reading
“What kind of thing? I need a clear definition.”
I really hesitated before I fired up the laptop about this gang but I’ve always said I’ll be honest. So here goes. Yesterday I went to the Royal Free Hospital to get the results of my latest MRI scan. Well … Continue reading
January 2011 – “Dolly has a condition ..”
Well will you look at that – a shiny new year! I saw it in on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman toasting the moon with a plastic cup of rum and cola. I had a bit of a wobble – last … Continue reading
The single lantern.
I was hoping I’d be able to do this on October 31st. Well, if I was going to get some really scary news on Valentine’s Day the least the universe owed me was getting some fantastic news on Halloween. The appointment … Continue reading
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Belt, braces and lampshades
So it was back to the Royal Free today for results of the PET scan. I walked there via the vets to pick up some dog food so all in all probably a couple of miles which is possibly the … Continue reading
Dear “Elmo”
You did a fab thing today. Oh sure it was a sunny day and you got to spend time at a fun run with your Mum and your sister and your auntie and your cousin … and your dog … and you … Continue reading
MRI appointments – a cut out and keep guide
So I had the MRI to see if all this fun has worked yesterday. As I had time to myself under there I came up with some Do’s and Don’t’s for the process which I share with you now. DO … Continue reading
Not Quite Ripley 