Living life with head and neck cancer

When I first wrote this it was all negative and left me depressed let alone anyone who might read it….

Tracheostomy (tray-key-OS-tuh-me) is a hole that surgeons make through the front of the neck and into the windpipe (trachea). A…

I was overdue for a max fax procedure to remove broken, decaying teeth, install implants and check my inner cheek….

The sheer narrowness of the bed struck me when I went to get my PET/CT scan yesterday. My arms hung…

Last week there was a slight relaxation of Auckland lockdown rules so two bubbles could meet outside.  Quite exciting after…

It was hard work yesterday seeing our government all but give up on Covid Zero and I have empathy for…

Disappointed to see Auckland’s Covid numbers go up to 45 after a previous day’s 8 when we thought we had…

This is my personal opinion only. I’m very picky about the connotations of language probably because of my past life…

I’m 75 today. I was born in Whakatane in 1946 and I’ve outlived my poor mother who died at 69….