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All About Chris
Pearl
Cancer is the grit in my shell constantly hurting the heart of my being. So I endeavour to hide it, to wrap it up, to bury it amongst...
chgbayliss
May 24, 20241 min read
 
 
 
Paddling back to positivity
Since my recent oncology check-up, I've somehow struggled to cope despite the news being good - the cancer still appears to be inactive...
chgbayliss
May 17, 20243 min read
 
 
 


5 Reasons to be cheerful
Despite feeling generally rather better than through the winter, I've still been struggling a bit recently - my depression is pretty well...
chgbayliss
Apr 26, 20244 min read
 
 
 


Cathartic clearing
As my nearest and dearest know all too well, I'm not good at cleaning and tidying. I do like things to be neat, but once they start...
chgbayliss
Mar 8, 20243 min read
 
 
 


Facing the future
For the past few weeks, I'd been increasingly certain that my oncology checkup this past week was going to bring bad news. In my head,...
chgbayliss
Feb 10, 20242 min read
 
 
 


5 things not to say to a cancer patient
Or at least not to this cancer patient... I know that people mean well, and generally just don't know what to say, but there are a few...
chgbayliss
Dec 1, 20233 min read
 
 
 


Happy Flapjack Day to me…!
Four years to the day that I got my life-shattering diagnosis, I logged in to work and was greeted by a message from my manager saying...
chgbayliss
Nov 10, 20234 min read
 
 
 
Cancer and me
As I mentioned in the 'about me' blurb, I've been living with cancer for the past three and a half years. My diagnosis came completely...
chgbayliss
Mar 25, 20234 min read
 
 
 
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