EXPLANATION: I wrote this blog back in November after 6 months of chemo. I was feeling pretty disheartened and never got round to publishing it. It took a few weeks to get my mojo back. Unfortunately the cancer also got its mojo back and an early scan in December showed progression. Which led to the […]
Happy Global Metastatic Bowel cancer day!
Friday was global metastatic Bowel cancer day. I hoped it might be marked by google having a smiley faced jobby on its search engine. Or indeed perhaps several jobbies to signify the metastasis. 💩💩💩 But I was disappointed. I guess colorectal cancer is still not really mainstream in public awareness. Despite it being the second […]
Blog 8: Gut Feelings
WARNING: In this Blog I talk a great deal about my bowel function or lack of it. I’ve just found out that I’ve got a campylobacter bacterial infection in my gut. More commonly known as food poisoning this little bastard lives in at least half of all raw chicken. And is most common in late […]
Cocktails for Claire raises over £830!
You don’t get much classier than this splendid bunch: at the weekend, friends and neighbours of Claire, Jolene and Kristin, hosted a fabulous cocktail party for their female friends, with some help from two dashing bartenders (Mil and Tom). It must have been one hell of a party, because they managed to raise over £830, […]
Milngavie school girls create pop up cake shop
Here’s a tale to warm your heart on a cold January day. Enterprising sisters from Milngavie, Layla (aged 8) and Orla (aged 5) have given Mary Berry a run for her money by baking and selling delicious cakes to raise money for Claire’s fund. Layla and Orla, who are good friends with Claire’s children, wanted […]