WELCOME TO IT'S CANCER NOT COVID

Hello dear readers. It's been a week since we said our final goodbyes/partied in Neil's honour. We wanted to say a massive thank you to...

I wasn't going to post another message about tomorrow but so many people have asked what time to arrive that I will reiterate..... The...

Hello Neil fans, I'm sure you're all wondering how we're doing. And I can honestly say we're doing okay. Much better than expected. And...

It's 19th January 2022. After a long and heroic battle with cancer, Neil David Bate left us at 2:30pm. Neil was very calm, very peaceful...

Well. I'm currently surrounded by sleeping lions. Like father, like daughter in the room with me (Abbi couldn't sleep well last night)...

It's Monday the 17th January 2022. The third Monday of January. Unfortunately, this date has been awarded the gloomy title of Blue...

Hello readers, long time no speak. I started writing this blog in November so it’s quite a long timeline within. At the time of first...

Somehow, it’s 2022. I‘ve been meaning to write this blog for a few days now but much like the whole of 2021, 2022 is flying past me...

Yesterday Neil asked me if I could ask you all to donate to bowel cancer UK in place of cards. I realise it's a little late to be...

Quick update for you all......things are moving on a pace now and carers have started today calling in twice a day to help out. I gave...

A year ago I returned home for Christmas and I remember thinking how awful it was that Neil was sick for such a special day. Fast forward...

I've only posted one entry here since Neil began his blog and as he's finding it increasingly hard to function, let alone write anything...

With a biggish family it’s hard to let others in to the family inner sanctums. It’s probably a lifetime’s adventure akin to gaining...

Over sedated? apparently...... Jaundiced? apparently...... Having funny little hallucinations? Not surprising really........ Paracetamol...

It's been a year since I made the decision to return back to the UK from my life in Sydney Australia. Anyone reading this blog will know...

Imposter syndrome ‘the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of...

I’ve been quiet on the social media front lately. When you're not too well to start with any little thing does you in. The last week has...

Coffee? Thursday 7th October? 10am? The Boat House? Charlestown? I’ll be there!

Hello October, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a cancer softly creeping Left it’s seeds while I was sleeping The...

When I hit 60, still thinking I was immortal, I thought learning to swim might be an interesting thing to do. But like most of us it was...