Austin Birks
Two Fat Ladies Click Click Click, Dose 88 of Chemotherapy
I used to enjoy playing Bingo once upon a time in this strange and wonderful world that I have lived in for 63 years. It was a different...
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Austin Birks
- Mar 13
- 6 min
The Dark Side Of Chemotherapy
Over the course of my 4 years and 6 months of living with cancer, a lot of kind people have said to me: “So, if you don't mind me asking,...
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Austin Birks
- Jan 7
- 6 min
Review of 2022 - In Short: No, Thank You… Things Can Only Get Better
One of the benefits of being a rather sad, old, English gentleman like myself, is the fact that even though technology allows us to have...
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Austin Birks
- Nov 10, 2022
- 7 min
Cancer And The Snakes And Ladders Conundrum, Or Shake Rattle And Roll!
When I first started writing these blogs back in late 2018, I had absolutely what was going to happen, or indeed what I was going to...
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Austin Birks
- Sep 13, 2022
- 5 min
Blood Clot MAAANNN......Rastafari
When I was a young punk, living in Birmingham in 1977, I would regularly go to gigs in the city centre. Watching the likes of The Clash...
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Austin Birks
- Jul 30, 2022
- 6 min
From The Top Of My Head To The Tips Of My Toes…Who Knows Where The Cancer Grows… Part 2
Following on from the first part of my journey exploring what the side effects of chemotherapy are and what they are actually like. I...
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Austin Birks
- Jan 19, 2022
- 3 min
First Blog of 2022
Well, my dear chums, here we are and today was my first day back at chemo, having missed my last one and a half chemo sessions, which is...
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Austin Birks
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Once More Into The Breach Dear Friends (Back to Chemo After a 2-week Break)
It was good while it lasted, I have to say, but it did not last long. My wonderful oncologist, Doctor Peter, had agreed to give me a...
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Austin Birks
- Jul 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Long And Winding Road: A Journey With Cancer
So, here I am, my dear friends. It is 02.45 on Thursday July 22. The daily temperatures have been record-breaking for 5 days solid and...
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Austin Birks
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Cycling 300 miles in 30 days - whilst on chemotherapy - to raise awareness for cancer research
At the beginning of February 2021, I found out that my level 4a bowel cancer had returned for a third time. This was a tough blow, but as...
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Austin Birks
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Starting chemotherapy... again
2 weeks ago I was diagnosed with bowel cancer for the third time. This week, I started back on the chemotherapy and medication regime.
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Austin Birks
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
Waiting for CT Scan Results
I finished my last course of chemotherapy 3 months ago and last week I had a CT scan. Next week I will find out if the bowel cancer has...
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Austin Birks
- Oct 29, 2020
- 5 min
The Finishing Line With Cancer, Or Is It The Beginning Again?
So, here I am again. It is 2AM in the early morning of Thursday, 22nd October 2020. I am just tying to decide, do I watch the MSL...
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Austin Birks
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
The Strange World Of The (Cancer) Inbetweeners
Hello my dear chums, You might be justifiably baffled at the rather strange nod of the head to the classic teenage comedy series, the...
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Austin Birks
- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
Cancer: The Next Part of The Journey
So, today my dear chums, after a long absence for which I ask your forgiveness, I feel ready to blog again after my most recent adventure...
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Austin Birks
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
Austin's Story - Inspiration in the Face of Adversity
This is the full video of the talk I gave on the 20th February 2020, telling my story with bowel cancer since 2018, living with a stoma,...
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Austin Birks
- Mar 14, 2020
- 1 min
Austin's Story, Coming to Cinemas Near You Soon
Ahead of the full presentation that I gave at the University College Birmingham, EV Productions have compiled this cheeky little taster...
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Austin Birks
- Jan 28, 2020
- 4 min
My Cancer Journey
When I was originally diagnosed with Level 4a bowel cancer in September 2018, it was a complete surprise. Mostly, because the original...
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Austin Birks
- Dec 27, 2019
- 1 min
Austin's Week: Christmas 2019
The weather on Christmas morning was wonderful in the Clent Hills, so Yvi and I went for a little walk and decided to do a short...
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Austin Birks
- Dec 24, 2019
- 4 min
I am dreaming of a white (blood cells) Christmas
Before I was unwittingly enrolled into the cancer club, it is fair to say that I really did not have a clue about, well frankly, anything...
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