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Last year when I was feeling super tired from the cancer treatment a fellow colleague from the university ran the Everest marathon with stage4 cancer. This year she’s climbing Everest for MacMillan charity. She’s truly inspirational. gofund.me/c2527dc4e

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Does no one else use cursive now? How do they write? 😭

19 - never had an AOL address. Remote connected to the tv by a cable? 😳 we went straight from changing channels on the tv to standard remote, also the size of TVs back then 😂

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😳😳😳😳😳 and it’s coming out in July?! You sure you don’t want to release it early as a Christmas present? ☺️ if they ever make this series into films this would make an excellent alternative Christmas movie

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9th July!!!! Carnival was my favourite Aldo so far so I can’t wait until Shadow of Madness comes out. I may be jumping to conclusions but I’m very happy that it looks like Saul may be going with Cesare on his latest quest 😊

It’s a while since I read it but Barbara Erskines Whispers in the Sand is set in modern/ancient Egypt and involves hauntings

Karin Slaughter did this a few years back and at the time I was heartbroken but looking back it was an excellent decision - that said, you’d best not kill off Saul 😠

And now I’m dying to know what the book is, and is it good??

Yeah I think so too, and it’s not that long ago that spending time in the countryside was a standard reaction to TB so a connection with the city and disease would probably be there even if it wasn’t understood

I also suspect anything spread by mosquitoes etc would be ‘carried by air’ and so there’s a bunch of other possibilities (also even plague itself as I’m not sure how much would have been understood about the means of transport)

Possibly cholera?

Just remember, I’m here if you need me… 😀

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Eek! Sounds scary 😧 (an asylum? I’m already nervous for Aldo), but it doesn’t come out until next year and the anticipation is killing me 😳😉 (are you sure you don’t need a beta reader?)

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Ooooh, pity, I like the current naming style but I’m sure whatever you go with will be great

Could be your next book title ‘Bloody Thursday’ 😉

Schrödinger’s cancer - sums it up perfectly

I suppose Aldo is late 30’s at the beginning of the series and MG is 47 now so pushing it a bit but Luca could be a good fit, he just needs to look a bit rougher -Aldo’s had a hard life 😂

Good choice 😊 I always have Matthew Goode in my head as Aldo

@dvbishop.com just finished Carnival of lies and absolutely loved it! Such great characters (I would love to see this series on the big screen). I think it’s my favourite Cesare Aldo book 😊

As if cancer itself wasn’t bad enough, it also creates a barrier between you and your loved ones. They’ll struggle to understand. They want to help but they’ve got their own feelings to process. So they’ll inevitably be clumsy with the words they use.

#cansky

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A year ago today I had my first appointment with oncology, I only had a 50% chance of even having the surgery I needed, let alone how I would respond to chemo. Yesterday I was told that I’m still cancer free 1 yr on, yes there’s a high chance of recurrence but today I’m taking the win 🥇

I remember that! We had two pens which seemed very fancy, blue for spectra, red for intergrals ☺️

It can be hard for loved ones to find the right words with cancer. But they need to try.

At the same time, those going through cancer need to exercise patience and generosity of spirit when people trying to support them inevitably get it wrong.

#cansky

#graphicmedicine

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Im so looking forward to this 😊

Poor choice of wording from the bbc 😏

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Roadworks at ours - new tarmac on one side of the entrance to our lane, road being ripped up on the other 😏

Newspaper report describing rats in Birmingham as the size of cats

News report describing rats as the size of small kittens

CNN ‘rats bigger than cats’
BBC ‘they’re the size of small kittens’

Personally I don’t care how big they are, I don’t want them near me

I don’t hate the ‘battle’ wording as such, just the idea that there’s much choice - it’s not like I chose to go to war, it’s more like self defence and sometimes just cowering in a corner taking the blows 😉