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Table Talk 16: Not being there for each other
As if we needed any proof that this was a ride we didn't get to control a week before C has her surgery I have suspected measles and we...
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Jul 26, 20181 min read
Table Talk 15 : Many Rhythms
Rhythm: from Greek rhythmos, "means a "movement marked by the succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different...
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Jul 22, 20181 min read
Table Talk 14: Should cancer change your life?
Chemotherapy is over, but after the initial euphoria the next waves start to loom on the horizon. More doctor's appointments. More...
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Jun 28, 20181 min read
Table Talk 13: No sex please, I've got cancer..?
Sex was integral to the start of this story. If you ever get a chance to have a beer with C she'd love to give you the details of 'How...
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Jun 28, 20182 min read
Table Talk 12: How can we thank the chemo nurses?
C: It's an intimate experience and the chemo team see you, they really see you, whether you want them to or not. They see the best you...
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Jun 11, 20181 min read
Table Talk 11 : The Long Game
The length of this journey is sinking in, round by round. ‘Choice’ is stretching and folding it’s limbs constantly to fit into different...
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Jun 4, 20181 min read
Table Talk 10: The Pleasure of False Hope
We made this recording the day before an appointment when we'd find out if C could stop chemo at round 4. A choice that felt very real...
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May 23, 20181 min read
Chemotherapy Soundtrack
This whole period of treatment feels like a regular circuit of events, even if each loop around the track is a little bit different....
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May 20, 20181 min read
Table Talk 9: Accepting the adjustments
This was a really hard day for C and a difficult part of the ride for us and our relationship. After time apart we were trying to come...
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May 15, 20183 min read
Getting away from it all?
Early on Saturday morning I packed the car and headed off for a week in the idyllic French countryside with a friend. This trip has come...
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May 6, 20181 min read
Table Talk 8: Stuck in the middle with(out?) you
A hard day. One where I’ve had enough really and I want to escape. I want to swim and walk in the sun. Us to swim and walk in the sun....
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May 2, 20181 min read
Together alone
The chemo ward is one of the least inspiring places to write but these days I take my spaces where I find them. We're on that hard...
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May 1, 20181 min read
Table Talk 7: Exhaustion
This is a long and intensive road for both of us. In this conversation it's me, rather than C, who's feeling the strain as we gear up for...
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Apr 25, 20181 min read
Table talk 6: Aftershock
The speed and nature of this ride means that sometimes it takes awhile for the impacts to settle in. A week after a difficult second...
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Apr 7, 20181 min read
Table talk 5: Hair today. Gone tomorrow.
Is it okay if losing your hair is a big deal? If it is a big deal, what's behind that? A conversation as we head into Round 2 expecting...
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Apr 4, 20181 min read
Lost and found
Today: Day 15 of Round 1 When high up in a whirlwind where does one start to describe the view? Do you first try and figure out just how...
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Mar 24, 20181 min read
Table talk 4: Round 1 (Hula Hoops 1, Kale 0)
For me the part of the beauty of these conversations is the gift of listening back. Time is not something we ever get back but time is...
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Mar 22, 20183 min read
Going with the cancer
Cancer and chemotherapy aren't words that sit quietly in the background. They're not words that allow everything else to go on as normal....
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Mar 19, 20181 min read
Table talk 3: Ready Steady Cook
Tomorrow I start with treatment, well the medical stuff anyway. Antibodies and chemotherapy. My own version of treatment started a while...
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Mar 8, 20181 min read
Table talk 2: Today it's not okay
This ride has moments when one or both of us feels big and moments when one or both of us feels small. This is a conversation during one...
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