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| Cancergiggles is an idiot's guide to accepting, living with, laughing at and dying from cancer. The very, very last bit I can't be absolutely sure of, but then who the hell can? I could have written some beautifully crafted, grammatically correct essays but I hope you will understand, that when I say "I don't have a lot of time" I mean it far more literally than you do. I just wanted scribble a few thoughts to maybe light a spark in people - and then it became a book about Cancer, Life, Death, Illness and Politics. ISBN 0955198801 |
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posted Thursday, 20 October 2005
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In about a week it will be time to pop in to see the Head Cancer Wizard again. Perhaps it is a sign of advanced lunacy, but I really enjoy these visits to TumoursRus and find that regardless of the outcome of discussions, I always come away invigorated. To the uninitiated, there must be an impression that oncology suites are some kind of transitional area between the pub and a funeral home, so they must be dark and sombre with just a hint of mausoleum and inhabited by Grim Reaper wanabees. It couldn’t be further from the truth. The place I go to, is full of smiling and amusing people who, whilst they aren’t exactly having food fights (well I haven’t seen one yet), seem to genuinely enjoy dealing with their patients.
I wouldn’t like to give the impression that the Forster Suite (yes, after 2 years I’ve decided to out them) is some kind of parallel asylum inhabited by strange grinning loons (although I’ve seen a couple) who just love messing with people with life threatening illnesses. It just has a friendly and relaxed atmosphere which is highly conducive to getting or at least feeling, better. I know I have said this many times before, but I think that it is an important point which newcomers to Cancergiggles should know. “Eet ees wot is in you ed dat eez de surgeree” (Jean Francois Pichon 2000). Sewing kits, knives, chemicals and Strontium 90 can only do so much. If you place cancer cells in their preferred growth medium (misery) they will run wild. Shake them about a bit by laughing and I really believe they get caught off guard and become susceptible to attack by Cancer Wizards.
When you are way past the date at which you were expected to Assume Room Temperature, a certain clarity of thought descends. Could my continued existence be due to my strict health regime? Hardly. A virtuous life? Don’t go there. Value to society? Now you’re just getting stupid. No, all things considered, I think it is because I just don’t let it bother me.
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