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Sainsbury’s Stoma Surprise... Water Closet!
I have to say that as a stoma bag user on a daily basis... Mind you, it’s not like you can take a day off, or just go back to the good...

Austin Birks
Jan 17, 20204 min read
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Austin Birks
Jan 11, 20200 min read
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Ho, ho, ho, The Force is Strong With This One. Aka: The Real Spirit of Christmas
So, what a great Christmas that was! And indeed, the festive season continues in full flow. It is, without doubt, a wonderful but strange...

Austin Birks
Dec 29, 20193 min read
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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...

Austin Birks
Dec 27, 20191 min read
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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...

Austin Birks
Dec 24, 20194 min read
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Fluorescent Socks, The New Black
I've always loved music, from an early age. Indeed, I can recall when I was about 13 and had been working as a washer upper in a Wimpy...

Austin Birks
Dec 11, 20194 min read
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Living in a Box
So, here we are again. It is 01:56 on a Sunday morning. I’m watching some film about USA special forces, as they like to say, “kicking...

Austin Birks
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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Austin's Week - 05 December 2019: A New Chemo Regime
I've had an eventful week. After having a portacath fitted, I started my new chemo regime of Cetuximab and FOLFIRI. The side effects have...

Austin Birks
Dec 5, 20191 min read
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Woop, woop, disco duck! And portacath!
Today Austin had a small procedure to fit him with a portacath. He also received some exciting news I wanted to share!

Austin Birks
Nov 26, 20192 min read
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Riders on the Stom...a
Not only a classic tune from The Doors in the sixties, but I thought a fitting title for my next stoma bag related ramblings. Living with...

Austin Birks
Nov 15, 20193 min read
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It's a Stoma in a Teacup
One of the great ironies, and at the same time, benefits of owning a stoma bag, is the sense of liberation that you acquire after you...

Austin Birks
Nov 13, 20192 min read
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