Claire's Blog

March 18th 2019 Tomorrow I find out the verdict on my latest scan. Crucially this is going to tell me whether the radiotherapy I had in the autumn has worked or not. If it has worked then I may yet have a chance of getting rid of the inoperable cancer in my pelvis. However, for […]

WARNING: I TALK ABOUT MY VAGINA IN THIS BLOG. My mother in law has written a play about the love life of a woman in her 60s. My husband, Liam, is pretty sure it’s about her own love life and has not been able to bring himself to read it. However, this Thursday (21 Feb), […]

So this is what a slice of my bowel cancer looks like. Its been preserved in formaldehyde and embedded in a wax block. The mouldy green fringe is actually dye to delineate the edges under the microscope. It is quite profound for me looking at this still slide of flesh that has wreaked havoc with […]

I’m trying to break into the pathology lab to get a slice of my tumour to send to China. Quite a lot has happened since my last blog. First things first I’m not a match for the work they are doing at the National Institute for Cancer in the US. However this does not deter […]

I know its very bad karma to wish cancer upon others but selfishly for the sake of my children I wish Bill Gates would get my type of KRAS mutated colon cancer. Just briefly and then obviously cure it and cascade that knowledge to the rest of us lowlier and less affluent cancer victims The tools […]

Today I’m in the Beatson again for a scan. It’s to plan my radiotherapy treatment which will start in a couple of weeks unless I find a cure for cancer before then. …read more…

So much has happened to me in the last 15 months that it will take a while to put it all down here. I really don’t want to go on about the awfulness of my situation as it is a total downer for everyone including me. Rather I’d like to focus on the positive and very amazing things that are happening around me on this “journey” through hell and back. …read more…