It's all brain vomit; and living with a Chronic Leukaemia

I was diagnosed with Old Man's Cancer (Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia) on the 19th January 2007 when I was 22. This is an open honest blog about what it's like living with a user-friendly cancer, taking pill chemotherapy daily, possibly for life, and everything that goes alongside it.

Sunday, 3 May 2026

5 years chemo FREE!

Well I don’t really know where to begin. Or that today is today. It’s mad. It’s unbelievable. It was just a dream. That at times felt so u...

Saturday, 26 July 2025

18 months later (it isn’t. I can’t count)

18 months. Fuck that’s a long time. (My brain has engaged. And it’s been 7 months. What a fucking idiot. Glad I can still work out months an...

Tuesday, 31 December 2024

2024. What. A. Year

Well. What a year. Where to begin. Of what was meant to be. An exciting new start in London for my family. Re-building my work. A new ...

Sunday, 18 August 2024

Part of my soul is missing

I’ve been meaning to write for weeks. I have words, sentences circulating in my head. And when they are there they are so real. Vivid. Enc...

Thursday, 23 May 2024

Feeling like a failure

It ebbs and flows. Good days and then bad. And this week the bad seem to be dominating. I know it’s a process. Something that has to be work...

Monday, 6 May 2024

3 years chemo free

This should probably be a really joyful post. This weekend has marked 3 years since I came off chemo. But of course it’s all intertwined wit...

Monday, 8 April 2024

C-Section Awareness Month

Well, it's another month no doubt made up by social media companies that I can jump on the bandwagon about. And shout about. Angrily. ...

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