1. About Me

Thank you for reading my blog, first of all, If you are reading this due to a recent discovery of cancer in yourself, or your family, then I hope and pray that some of what I am going through can be a source of some support and confidence on the road ahead.

I am generally a private person, so writing this and laying it out for anyone to read, is not something I look forward too, but if it even helps one person with their journey. then that’s a good enough reason for me.

I am starting this blog on 27/7/20, 51 year old Male, type 2 Diabetic, and bit overweight, but in general decent health. Never smoked and not a regular drinker, although my diet maybe not the best, but not the worst either. 

Married for 25 years, 2 wonderful kids, and an absolute smasher of a granddaughter (who is my world and my kryptonite). 

Our small world was hit with a major issues back in 2015, when wife suffered a major stroke, which thankfully she managed to survive and do extremely well to recover as much as she has done.

Although never liked school, did manage to get to a reasonable level of career and pay scale, although Pay was never my number one aim, just wanted to get family to a level where we could enjoy some of the worlds delights, plus give my kids a bit of drive to build their own lives. My wife would have said I was bit of a workaholic, although I would never class myself as that, suppose I always cared about doing a good job, and always did not want to let people down. 

From early childhood family always were involved in the local church, as well as boys and girls brigades, both Parents were Godsends. They brought 5 kids into the world and did everything possible for everyone to help us all at different times. Both taken too soon, but remain as strong backbones in our life.

Family and very close friends are a great source for keeping you sane and level headed. I would normaly sugar coat information to family, but i was warned to be open and honest. So i have been, which has been a benefit, my bestie of over 45years, is a constant in my life, who was always there when i needed him.

I take great pride in never failing in any challenge, first recollection was a teacher at high school telling me not to take Maths as I would not be able to do it...2 years later when I achieved my O grade Maths, I was more than happy to seek out the relevant teacher. That type of attitude is what I suppose has made me what I am today. 

      So Cuncer is my next challenge - Not going to start failing NOW.....

Few pics above is me with my wife, and my Kryptonite 

                        (Cuncer is not a spelling mistake 😉)