One of the best presents Lisa bought me in recent years were some swanky, silver-coloured Bose noise-cancelling headphones for our 25th...

After September's burst of three posts in as many weeks, I've hesitated to put fingers to keyboard for a bit. I think it's partly due to...

I thought I'd take advantage of the steroids again and get another post up while feeling relatively alert (despite the usual three hours...

In the wake of my last long, pretty intense post, I thought I'd share a brief update about the bizarre resilience of the human body. In...

Caution: I'm writing this post while on steroids. I scribbled the bulk of it on my phone between 11pm and 1am last night as said steroids...

We've started belatedly binge-ing the American box set Atlanta. A comedy loosely based on the hip-hop scene, it's pretty surreal at times...

I can't believe it's been almost three weeks since my last post. The truth is after the initial new-ness of my diagnosis, treatment and...

I've always been prone to 'shoulding' myself. The term was apparently coined by pyschologist Clayton Barbeau. It means to put pressure on...

I've just got back from my first run since May. It was a gruelling 1.25 mile affair around the local football fields. My heart rate,...

There's been a slightly longer gap than usual between posts but, don't worry, I'm still here and, to again quote man-of-the-moment Elton...

There are some advantages to being diagnosed with a disease which requires treatment and rest through the summer months. The fact my...

Today's title is a mash-up of the famous Supremes' (and later Phil Collins') hit and a TS Eliot poem, which I recently heard paraphrased...

There was a brief period at the turn of the century when I entertained the idea of becoming a full-time music journalist. At that point,...

As I approach the end of my first fortnightly cycle of chemotherapy, it also feels like the end of chapter one of my cancer journey. It...

Trigger warning: this post talks more explicitly about God, church and faith than previous ones so feel free to skip if these are not...

Forget the cancer, a miracle of grammatic proportions has taken place at Burton Hospital in recent days. You may remember the waiting...

I'm sat alone in the house (a rarity at the weekend!) with the drizzle falling outside, the TV coronation coverage on mute, and the...

A couple of people have told me recently, as I get used to having cancer, that I'm a positive person. I've never really seen that - I...

Tom Hanks is the kind of Hollywood legend I would enjoy sharing a pint and some peanuts with. A few years ago he was interviewed on one...

Well, in the words of the well-known physician Ron Burgundy, that escalated quickly! My first reaction to the phone call from Burton...