I received word that the lady in the Hanmer Springs church I pastored until April, who was diagnosed with secondary cancer last September, at the same time as I was, passed away at 4.50pm today. I shared communion with her Sunday week ago when I was in Hanmer and that was very moving. Many people expected me [...]
Before we left Nelson to come to Christchurch for my five and a half weeks of daily radiation therapy, one of our dear friends, and an old friend of the Duncan family, gave me a notebook of daily verses she had selected and painstakingly written out for me to meditate on each day that I [...]
If so, you must buy or hire a copy of the DVD “Jonna’s Body, please hold” to share with them. It is poignant, relevant and funny. It is described as a “cancerous dark comedy”. Jonna Tomases is a triple cancer survivor and she performs a one person play in which the various organs of the [...]
Started the radiation treatment yesterday (Tuesday) and so far so good – well, this early you wouldn’t expect anything else would you. Before the first bombardment I was given an education session where everything was explained in great detail again (to cover their backsides!) The first four sessions are accompanied by x-rays to make sure [...]
Went to Christchurch last Monday (10th) to be ‘lined up’ and marked for my course of radiation. It was called a radiation planning session. I was placed on the bed under a CT scanner and they lined my body up, measured distances etc, focused the camera guns on the tumour area, then tattooed me (I’ve [...]
On Tuesday we kept an appointment at Christchurch Public Hospital with the Radio therapy Oncologist and my main Oncologist about how they propose dealing with my cheeky Primary growth in the rectum. The procedure is as follows: Next Monday we will fly to Christchurch for the day for a Radiology Planning appointment. This is where [...]
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