Last year (02.08.14) I wrote " Last year (2013) I published three posts titled "Oh What a Feeling", "Cricket and Chemo" and "Contemplation" which gave the brutal facts of my flirtation with bowel cancer. In September last year I wrote a triumphant "Health Update" declaring a cancer "all clear". Nothing has changed in that direction, but … Continue reading Health Update
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Health-An Update
For all those who over the last 12 months have expressed concern and support with my health issues, I would like to say a very heartfelt thank you.For the record, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer on 9th October last year. I had some 11 inches of my colon and rectum containing three malignant tumours … Continue reading Health-An Update
Health
Last year I published three posts titled "Oh What a Feeling", "Cricket and Chemo" and "Contemplation" which gave the brutal facts of my flirtation with bowel cancer. The pathology tests on the eleven inches of removed bowel (sigmoid colon and upper rectum) revealed no less than three malignant tumours and a highly suspicious polyp. They … Continue reading Health
Cricket and Chemo
Chemo and Cricket-10th December,2013I had an appointment to see Oncologist Gavin Marx at the San on 26th November. I proposed to him that before commencing chemo I should go to Adelaide for the Test Match. He helpfully calculated that the ideal time to begin chemo was six weeks after surgery and that was the 10th December, the day after … Continue reading Cricket and Chemo
"Oh What a Feeling"
"Oh What a Feeling!"Ignorance is bliss. I was pretty blasé about my approaching surgery. It was just as well I didn't know what I was in for!The big picture is that I had a marked change in bowel habit. My GP sent me to a gastro specialist who did a colonoscopy on 9th October. This … Continue reading "Oh What a Feeling"
Contemplation
As I prepare for my first surgery since having my appendix removed in 1949 I have been mindful of one of my favourite school day quotations-"More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day.For what are men better than sheep or … Continue reading Contemplation
Blog Log – A Cricket Tragic’s Indulgence
Tuesday, 9th July,2013 At the Swire (Australia) Christmas Party last year the Chairman suggested I should accompany him to the Ashes Test match at Lord's (London) in July.That got me thinking, particularly when I discovered I could get a ticket thru' my membership of the SACA (South Australian Cricket Association). He then announced that business … Continue reading Blog Log – A Cricket Tragic’s Indulgence
Leave Pass
LEAVE PASS-8thDecember,1954As a 13 year old boarder at Canberra Grammar School, I was already"hooked" on the game of cricket. Thus, it is no surprise that I got "leave" to attend the match between the Prime Minister's Eleven and the touring Englishmen (who in those days played as the "M.C.C."), at Manuka Oval.The attached very faded Leave Pass on … Continue reading Leave Pass
BlogLog-Bourke Visit 24th to 26th September,2012
Drove out to Bourke on Sunday/Monday. When first with Clyde I used to do it in a long half day-driving too fast, before we got flash and bought an aircraft. This time went to Mudgee on Sunday evening and got to Bourke about 2:30PM on Monday via Dunedoo, Mendooran, Gilgandra, Warren and Nyngan. My visit … Continue reading BlogLog-Bourke Visit 24th to 26th September,2012
The Bush Brothers
The linked article, beautifully written by my good friend Peter Austin, has stimulated me to record my personal association with the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd. Whilst I am familiar with the Marra and have driven past the Church many times, I was not aware of its connection with the Brotherhood nor was I aware … Continue reading The Bush Brothers
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