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    Fighting Cancer

    FIVE – Interesting Statistics

    Okay, maybe I am overselling this blog by calling statistics ‘interesting’.  Most people get bored just by hearing the word ‘statistics’,  but, I am going to try to change your mind about this topic by avoiding medically serious statistics.  Through…

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    FOUR – Dignity Found

    WARNING: As in my previous blog, I occasionally use explicit language which you may find offensive.  My intention is to make my point without sugar-coating my experience of being treated for cancer. So, how did this loss of dignity manifest…

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    THREE – Dignity Lost

    WARNING: This blog and the next one, are sometimes explicit in language so, if you are of a sensitive nature, you might want to skip them and wait for the blog after that. I fear however, that you will miss…

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    TWO – Demons

    As this entire series of blogs is my and my family’s experience through a difficult period in our life, I claim no scientific or well-researched study; I use my own interpretation of “Angels and Demons”. For me, a demon is basically…

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    ONE – Angels

    When you embark on a dangerous and life-altering mission, such as sailing solo around the world; going to enemy territory to rescue hostages; or as in my case, fighting cancer, make sure you take a few angels with you because…

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    Building My Own Barn

    The Amish (German: Amisch or Amische) religious sect of Swiss-German immigrants who first settled in the USA in the 18thCentury mainly in the North East states of Ohio, Wisconsin & New York, with a small percentage in Southern Canada.  They…

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    The Slow Realisation

    The insidious thing about cancer is that it starts attacking you long before you even realise you are in a fight with it. So, by the time you had your boxing gloves on, cancer had already dealt you many punches, one…

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