Author: rachelpiper

Life almost seems normal at the moment: the hole in David’s leg is closing in and fewer appointments are now required. We are still waiting for the results of his […]

David’s PET scan showed that there is still no cancer in his major organs, so with the pump gone he was given the all clear to continue taking the cancer […]

We’ve had a couple of pieces of good news today: the pump has been removed, and David’s colonoscopy results didn’t show anything untoward. He didn’t expect to return from the […]

This morning David asked me to photograph the back of his leg as he had noticed new changes in the area; it feels as if we are in a perpetual […]

Yesterday David had his colonoscopy. They removed a polyp, which was sent for testing, but the endoscopist didn’t express any real concerns. Melanoma can spread to the bowel, and so […]

The NHS staff we have met in this journey have all been amazing, but the same can’t be said of the computer systems. Three hospitals have been involved in David’s […]

The plastic surgery department of the Lister Hospital is on the 11th floor, so of course the pump decided to emit a loud farting sound in the silent, crowded lift! […]

In 2023-24, 67.6% of the invited population (4,710,330 out of 6,969,227) adequately participated in FOBt bowel cancer screening. I wonder why people don’t participate, given that it’s simple process without […]

It’s now three months since all the lymph nodes were removed from the groin area at the top of David’s left leg. Neither of us had anticipated that recovery from […]