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I think I'd be less worried if it were me. Although 'no evidence of disease' was declared two years ago. The clinical trial isn't over until 5 years after the last person finishes the course of treatment. So it's crossed fingers and worry-worting everytime a 3-monthly check requires just a few more tests. Everything was OK, though. Another bullet dodged. Image: Blausen Medical Communications, Inc., CC BY 3.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0> , via Wikimedia Commons

I’m Listening By Paul McCann When we are alone in the silence you can hear all the sounds of life open up in your ear . Some noises trespass and yet...

Clothes ruffled, bra breast empty, mound of feet, pressed socks, flat. Tagged layers of scarfs, chainmail belt, empty side of your bed, folded...

Dark times of much uncaring callousness replaced by real compassion … but now? … Dark times when mouths were sealed by dictate of the few … but now the ‘normalising’ is woked …

I don’t know whose idea it was for an obstacle course Olympics. It was just one of those things that kind of grew out of a throw-away comment, and...

The cobbler’s store where my brother had his prom shoes sewed back together sits right in front of the bakery that sells pandesal for 3 pesos apiece...

Our family grew again three weeks later. We were just starting to settle into a pattern of sorts. Getting up in the morning and checking the traps,...

It's Been A Long Time by Paul McCann It's been a long time , how are you , doesn't it make you wonder why , we’ve been out of touch for much too long...

It’s early evenin when we get back fae the club. Ah’ve a pot ay stovies left oer fae yesterday in the fridge ah’ll heat up fur us. Just the waiy...