chemotherapy
Carry on laughing
Sylvia Patterson manages to bring much rackety humour to bear in her descriptions of the pain and indignity her treatment involves
Low life
The main side effect of the six-month course of chemotherapy was ‘fatigue’. The main side effect of the three-monthly hormone…
Low life
Eighty yards west of the high terrace where I’ve sat for three weeks recuperating is a hospice built for Napoleon’s…
Low life
‘Sorry I’m late,’ I said to the big unit stationed behind her computer. She’s the chief, this one. She shows…
Low life
At the desk I gave my name and showed my Covid vaccination pass and the woman told me to take…
Low life
To lessen the side effects of chemotherapy I am prescribed a corticosteroid. I take a whopping dose around the treatment…
Low life
With a French health card everything is free for us cancer patients, even taxis to and from the hospital. ‘This…
Low life
Although fatigued to the point of catatonia, and sitting there like a 19th-century Fang funeral mask, I am glad to…
