The well-disposed cancerist

“Nothing to worry about”

By the time I heard those words, I hadn’t in fact been worrying for a while! Cyrus left a voicemail message with the histology late on...

Two weeks ago, in my hotel room in Singapore I noticed a small patch of whitish gunk on my tongue. Actually two small patches. They...

Steve Hewlett was a good man. Possibly 'a little bit Capital' for some Radio 4's audiences, but someone who deeply affected me in the...

I’m writing sitting in the BA lounge at Heathrow. On a whistle stop trip to New York to do a work thing. Everyone (apart from my...

I came out as a workaholic in 2010; immediately after my first cancer experience. Cutting a long story short, the second cogent thought I...

With cancer I've learnt that you don't get a simple 'that's it then'. Actually, the more I think about it, in life very little (of real...

They took all my stitches and sutures etc out for starters. It took nearly an hour. I had a lot in my neck and up my forearm (where they...

I’m not sure how much detail he’s after! He asked on Friday, my fourth day in hospital. Friday I felt invaded, bathed in discomfort and...

Today is a strange day. Yesterday was too. Emotionally charged, difficult to concentrate. Helpless. The Brexit referendum is driving...

Yesterday I looked at it and it was different. It wasn't like a greenish, almost snotty little thing on my tongue. It was concave and...

We lost the whole of Tuesday. I woke on Wednesday in Marsden's ICU. Still high on whatever they had pumped into me!