Dear Cancer It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Fifteen years, to be precise. To the day. Amazing to realise it … More
Tag: Jorn Cann
Cured
A Tuesday, appropriately. (Tuesday being the day I was formally diagnosed.) Poetic, it strikes me now. But at the time, … More
Let’s love today
Let’s love today, the what we have now, this day, not today or tomorrow or yesterday, but this passing moment, … More
Influences: Jörn Cann’s art
This is Jörn Cann. He was my ward doctor at the haematology unit where I was treated for non-Hodgkin’s … More
Then this
I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More
This is the day
I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More
The cancer World Cup
The ward is a void without him. Football blares in the corner, the monotonous roar of the crowd unleavened by … More
Why aren’t you dead yet?
Jörn Cann wasn’t my friend. He was my doctor. He was famous before we even met him as the doctor … More
Curtains
The room is small, the size of a student bedsit. An enormous grey sofa takes up most of the space. … More
This is the day
This is the day we go the hospital as usual. We have banter with Jörn and Nadine while they inject … More
Sailing through
Dear Anthony Two cycles down, just six more to go. You are not looking bad, considering. The belligerent doctor who … More
The art of Jörn Cann
This is Jörn Cann. He was my ward doctor at the haematology unit where I was treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma … More
When they told me I would live
Nine days after I was told that my chemotherapy treatment was not working in April 2006 the doctors discovered the … More
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More
Why I wrote Love for Now
I began writing Love for Now, my journal-memoir of diagnosis and treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, one week before I … More
Remembering Jörn Cann
To all who knew him, it was a tragedy,one year ago, to lose the life-force that was Jörn Cann. I … More