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Through my own eyes - the chronicles of my battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma - and hopefully life beyond...

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As the Lighthouse Family said in the song High; "when you are close to tears remember that some day it will all be over..."

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Background

Just like I did with HL, I suppose another educational post on PTC is a necessary evil... A Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) is the most...

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Part Eleven: "The Fourth Official indicates..."

Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Part Eleven: "The Fourth Official indicates..."

Just as you think you the game is done, dead, buried - up pops the board and the stadium announcer goes "The fourth official indicates a...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Part Ten: Dr. Google, MB ChB

It's now been three weeks since I got a right-sided thyroid lobectomy, in layman's terms - they removed the right side of my thyroid....

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Part Nine: There is ALWAYS a but...

"Hi, Lewis," said an enthusiastic voice on the other side of the phone. My heart rate must have far exceeded; it's 201 bpm maximum. "We...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
3 min

Part Eight: Late Nights and Dark Days

Cycles two, three and most definitely four were undoubtedly some of the darkest days I've had. Side effects from treatment started to...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Part Seven: esc-BEACOPDac explained

As promised - an understanding of escalated BEACOPDAC. Firstly escalated (esc) means that all the doses are increased from the original...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
3 min

Part Six: The Realisation of Mortality

I must've drifted off listening to techno, somehow. Maybe I was dreaming of being in my favourite nightclub - you know where that is....

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Part Five: "Some Day It Will All Be Over"

Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Part Five: "Some Day It Will All Be Over"

"Lewis," bellowed the scouse voice, greeted by a hugely misleading smile, I followed him to his room. Inside the room, the Clinical Nurse...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
3 min

Part Four: Carelessly Care Free

As I got through treatment numbers, 2 and 3, the months started to tick away, and we were in September already! The treatments had got...

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Part Three: Preluding Thoughts and Cycle One

Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
3 min

Part Three: Preluding Thoughts and Cycle One

I'm not going to lie. I thought I would skoosh chemotherapy and be able to continue with my daily life. Work, referee and even on...

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Part Two: More tests than you could shake a stick at...

Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
3 min

Part Two: More tests than you could shake a stick at...

Fast forward a few weeks from the last blog, I found myself sitting in the Consultant Haematologist's (blood specialist) office...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
3 min

Part One: Diagnosis

This shit-show all started on a humid night when on my way back from Tesco, I stopped to take in an amateur game at the park I was...

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Lewis

Apr 19, 2020
2 min

Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Background

Before I start writing, I suppose the only fair thing to do would be to give you a background to Hodgkin's disease. What is it? Who does...

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