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Cancer update

Cancer update

Well its been well over three months since my last update and it feels like its been a real busy time with many ups and downs, too many to mention all here and the overall summary ends up in a similar place to where I was when I wrote the last update.

I suppose the big news from the cancer front is that they did discover more cancer in my throat on February 1 after being alerted to something wrong when I coughed up some blood. Obviously not ideal, but something I kind of felt...

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Cancer update 16 weeks

Cancer update 16 weeks

When I wrote my last update things day-to-day were not that great, and were quite shit mainly due to the inability to stop saliva being over generated in my mouth when ever I did any movement like walking upstairs or driving a car. The result was it would just flow uncontrollably out of my mouth....

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9 week update

9 week update

  • September 14, 2022
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It is now 9 weeks since my operation, not much has changed since my last update and all I can say about recovery is its slow.

How I feel

I am feeling ok, I seem to be tired a lot and sleep seems to be excessive or not enough. In my last update I said was confident...

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6 week update

6 week update

It is now 6 weeks since my operation, I am out of hospital and at home. Although recovery is slow things are improving especially in the last week.

How I feel

Overall, I am feeling pretty good, I seem to sleep a lot and even though everyday is not necessarily better than the last overall things are...

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Cancer Update

Cancer Update

Well I came here on 13 July for an operation to remove cancer from my throat and 24 days later I am here hospital writing this update.  It’s been an interesting and dare I say it difficult slog so far as I work to get to the stage where I can reliably go home and...

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Cancers a ****

Cancers a ****

Ok, so its been a very long time since I wrote on this blog, and I had intended to never write in this part of it again, but a little too much stress and a lot of bad luck I am writing here again.

After 2 years I was finally going to be on my way...

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Our Renovation Journey – Kitchen

Our Renovation Journey – Kitchen

If you like me have or are going through the process of doing a renovation you will identify with it as an expensive, exciting, creative and stressful journey.

One of the most stressful parts of the process is choosing the right mix of suppliers, contractors and tradespeople to get the job done. Here are my reviews...

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From the balcony in Greece

From the balcony in Greece

Hello all, its been a longtime since I updated this blog, it is amazing how when you start to feel better you fall straight back into the life of being busy.

I write this while sitting on my balcony in Greece at 10am in the morning, looking out at the view, with the sun on my...

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Update 13 December

Update 13 December

Video update – 13 December

Video Update – 13 December from Spiros Kotsialos on Vimeo.

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Fathers day

Fathers day

  • September 06, 2015
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Happy fathers day to me.  Kirsten, Zoe and Lexi all came to visit.  Kirsten made me a breakfast not that I could eat any of it.  

Zoe was an angel and sat next to me and quietly hugged me for about 20 minutes.

    

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