Category Archives: cancer

Week in Review: Week 7

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Welcome. I hope you’ve had a great week and are looking forward to the next one coming up. As is often the case these days our week has been punctuated with medical appointments. Roger had to have his yearly medical … Continue reading →

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I want to Scream

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

For the first time in my life I relate to the Edvard Munch painting ” The Scream.” I wonder what was happening in his life at the time. Did he want to scream or did he just have enough empathy … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Time: Random Musings

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

A week ago Roger had his bloods taken for the test that will tell us if he is moving out of remission. For a week he has been on tenterhooks – not made any easier by the haematologist, who had … Continue reading →

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Operating in a Chemo Fog

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

As if life doesn’t become hard enough with the effects of chemo it also makes functioning difficult, as though you are operating in a fog.  I have since found out this is how pregnant women feel but having never been … Continue reading →

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