Sharing my journey through bowel cancer from diagnosis to treatment and beyond.

How do we share with Isaac, our autistic and non-verbal son, about me, my diagnosis and why he hasn’t seen me as much recently? Isaac now lives in supported living just down the road. We see him regularly but post-op…

So waving cheerio to our youngest, Gideon, as he heads of to Uni. Back to the South West and UWE in Bristol. So excited for him as he starts his new course in Sports rehabilitation. New people to meet, new…

Exited to wave this gorgeous quartet off to Alice and Lyndon’s wedding celebrations this afternoon. 🎉🍾🎊🎈🎁 Sadly not quite ready for the car journey to be able to join them (off for my afternoon nap now) but love these guys…

I have always loved being in the kitchen and cooking up for the family. Having had the pleasure of being looked after by Ben, Gideon and Judith for the past 3 weeks it was fun to be back and cook…

A side benefit of being in recovery is you see the best side of human nature. The love and care of family and friends as they join in the journey back to health is frankly humbling This week it has…

Here’s a recurring theme of posts over the past few weeks. How to manage the pain from surgery that continues 4 weeks on. Had a really good chat with a nurse from the GP’s surgery. He talked about keeping ahead…

Not quite the night garden but a chance to do a little bit of light raking to help Gideon (doing his best Iggle Piggle) to fill in a trench we’d laid for a cable. Now we have a socket at…

Now that feels like progress. Compared to the 91 steps I registered on the day after my operation. A stroll around the block, a supporting role in some gardening and trip in town plus he usual mooching around the house…

Where else do you go for lunch when you haven’t been into town for a month? #greggs #hitchin @abirussell @gideonrussell #alldaybreakfast 🤪😃🍳🥓🌭