Caroline Dell
Ding Ding... Seconds Out ... Round Two !!
Thursday 9th May 2024 : 10.45am - Round 2, Cycle 1 Finally, I have my hair back, finally I have my photography mojo back, finally life...
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Caroline Dell
Sep 21, 20235 min read
"Create New Blog Post ....."
I seemed to have pressed the button - and so I need to create a new blog post. I have spent a little time this week checking in on...
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Caroline Dell
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Filling the Void ....
It's 8 months since my last chemotherapy session, just over a year since I had surgery and what seems like forever ago that we were told...
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Caroline Dell
Mar 25, 20221 min read
The Walk of Life ......
Today's phone call with the hospital : Consultant : "Shall we start with the results from your latest CT scan ? " Caro : Swallows hard...
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Caroline Dell
Feb 12, 20225 min read
Who is that in the mirror.......
Cancer changes you. And now I'm sat looking at a blank page and a blinking cursor. Cancer changes you - well that's a fairly obvious...
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Caroline Dell
Nov 10, 20213 min read
"It's a new dawn, it's a new day ......"
.... and I'm feeling better than I have for a while. Lots has been going on so thought it was time for an update. The first operation...
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Caroline Dell
Oct 15, 20212 min read
"Operation....."
This is a quick update, I should have written the "next installment" whilst I was having Chemo number 5 on Monday - but I didn't - I...
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Caroline Dell
Sep 20, 20213 min read
RESULTS....
So the results of the first CT Scan are in - and it's GREAT news, the mass which was originally 18cm x 17cm has shrunk to 10cm x 9cm - I...
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Caroline Dell
Sep 10, 20212 min read
Quotes and Sayings for the Journey - Part II
Words and musings for the journey.
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Caroline Dell
Sep 1, 20217 min read
A users guide to chemo and it's side effects. PART I
Things that unless you have had Chemo you can't possibly know.. and lots of friends have absolutely no idea of the sorts of trials and...
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Caroline Dell
Aug 9, 20213 min read
Talk to me .......
Talk to me, I'm still me .. I haven't suddenly changed and I haven't suddenly lost the need for my friends. I might need you more than...
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Caroline Dell
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Green Grow the Veggies ......
When we moved to the Ranch, one of Andrew's "must haves" was a proper space for his very own "veggie patch". Well it didn't quite work...
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Caroline Dell
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Quotes and Sayings for the Journey - Part 1.
THURSDAY 22ND JULY 2021 So today is the first session of the first cycle. Todays colours - Pale Blue walls and purple chairs Mood -...
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Caroline Dell
Jul 21, 20212 min read
My "new best friend"....
Session 1 .... As I sat in my chair, waiting for the day to start, completely unaware how utterly life changing it would be, lots of...
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Caroline Dell
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Living with the "O" in Cancer. You never think it will be you !
You never think it will be you. You hope it will never be you. Then it is you. Shown into the room with the comfy chairs, box of tissues...
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Caroline Dell
Jul 19, 20215 min read
So how have we got here .....
I'm Caroline (Caro to those that know me , or unless you are using my Sunday name for a very good reason )
I am 50 years old, and, I have j
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Caroline Dell
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Top Toastie......
Nothing beats a smoked ham and mature cheddar cheese toastie. A seeded bloomer (white does make a more luscious and sinful sarnie, but...
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Caroline Dell
Mar 15, 20211 min read
BREAKFAST WITH THE BIRDS .......
We had a conversation about Andrew feeding the birds before we moved. It's lovely to have the finches, robins, and blackbirds, along with...
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Caroline Dell
Feb 14, 20213 min read
The Frozen North ....
It's been cold; it's to be expected; it is Winter. But it's been frigid, the coldest for 10 years, so we are told. And it feels like it...
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Caroline Dell
Jan 30, 20213 min read
A Tart called Pear-severance.......
or Pear and Frangipane Tart. The last few days have been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, a fortnight ago we lost our old cocker Elvis (he...
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