Category Archives: friends

race for life

02 Tuesday Jun 2009

Posted by in cancer, fitness, friends, hope, love

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race for life

My friend Sara (happily owned by those two wee rapscallions Foley & Murphy) did the central London Race for Life with her mum this past weekend. Considering that she just finished treatment this past January I think this was quite an accomplishment. It also brought happy tears to my eyes when media naranja Steve sent me this photo yesterday saying, “this picture is just to let you know you are in our thoughts, and that you are not alone, no matter what”. For every so-called friend or family member who has dumped me over the past year, this really makes up for it.

Thanks Sara & Steve. That really made my day.

They were running for life up in Oirland as well.
Here’s a video of h2g2 pal Beatrice doing her part…

Well done, girlfriends!

foley & murphy revisited

27 Wednesday May 2009

Posted by in animals & pets, friends, photos

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contented

Remember these guys?

Well, they are growing up fast, as you can see here in my “gatos amigos” fotki album.

Here is some Wiki information on Ragdolls and a link to the Ragdoll breeder where Sara & Steve bought the boys (if you go to ‘our boys’ and scroll down, Tam is their dad). Foley is a blue mitted, and Murphy a blue colourpoint.

I’ll be adding new pics to the album as I receive them.

day ten

24 Sunday May 2009

Posted by in cancer, chemo, fitness, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, home, hope, tapas

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sun_clouds

It’s day ten after the last infusion and the sun is starting to shine again. Well, in terms of how I feel – it’s actually been nice and sunny here for ages. But it’s around this time of the chemo cycle that I can start drinking cool beverages again, take stuff out of the fridge without it hurting my fingers, and stop feeling so bloody weak and bleh. I could tell it was different when I woke up yesterday morning … can’t really explain it, just that things felt less “heavy and bleak” and somehow less “wrong”.  What a relief!

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