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Tag Archives: breast cancer
Enough Adulting Already: Cancer & Me
Another day, another check up: per usual, at the hospital where I spent my first few stays on psych ward. The ward relocated years ago to a separate, purpose built location, but a shiver still goes down my bipolar spine … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Doctor Who, Writing
Tagged adulting, bipolar, breast cancer, Cancer, Cybermen, Daleks, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Adventures, fiction, mental health, Sherlock Jones, short story collection, Travis
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The Goddess Position, Radiotherapy, & Me
How is the radiotherapy going? I hear you ask. Because I have damn fine hearing for my age, which is nearly bus pass, except it isn’t, any more. Bus pass, that is, not fine hearing. Bitter, me? No, because I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Cancer, Doctor Who, mental health
Tagged Babylon 5, bipolar, breast cancer, bus pass, Cancer, cats, Doctor Who, Firefly, goddess, harvest, Lammas, Lughnas, paganism, photography, radiotherapy, summer, treat mouse, Weston Park, Wheel of the Year, writing
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Greetings from Radiationland: Cancer & Me
Warnings: Probable swearing; certain whinging; & at least one tomato reference. Cue song: cheers, Mr Jones. This really struck a chord – you’re a guitarist, I bet you’ve not heard that one before, eh? – when I listened to it … Continue reading
Travels with a Tomato: the London Edition
This the start of an occasional series about my travels with a tomato. I tell you this in case you’re either 1) the sort who skips titles, and heads straight to the blog, or 2) for some reason, you don’t … Continue reading
Like the Green Bay Tree
“It is good, and not evil, which flourishes like the green bay tree.” – Unknown This is about the town of Doncaster, some overdue apologies, and a good man named Colin, who died last week. About the right to mourn, … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Cancer, mental health, Nostalgia, Writing
Tagged bereavement, bipolar, breast cancer, Colin Joy, creativity, Doncaster, grief, history, Kate Bush, local history, Peter Gabriel, writing
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