One of the first symptoms of prostate cancer is lower back pain, which is of course a symptom of so much else besides that prostate cancer is the last that will come to mind if suddenly it flares up.
Author: duncanspence
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My first Weegie Munro
13:00 – Ben Vorlich (M229), 3094ft, 943m
Time was running out to maintain my record of climbing a Munro a month, which has been running since the start of 2017.
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Living with(out) cancer #2
It seems to have taken me six years to learn how to deal with news I received six years ago.
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A note on The Cancer Act of 1939
The Cancer Act became law in 1939. It has since been amended many times, and most of its sections, clauses and provisions have been repealed or are now incorporated into other health legislation. It remains nevertheless on the statute book.
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The Grey Corries Ridge
Munros since diagnosis #167 to #169
12:15 – Stob Choire Claurigh (M015), 3862ft, 1177m
13:30 – Stob Coire an Laoigh (M038), 3661ft, 1116m
15:00 – Sgurr Choinnich Mor (M052), 3589ft, 1094m
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Not giving delusion any solidity
… the very idea of science has become the ultimate social authority and arbiter of truth – a bit like the way assorted assemblages of religious observance, cultural practice and social convention were once held together by the idea of God …
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The Devil’s Penis
Munros since diagnosis #164 and #165
10:45 – Carn a’ Mhaim (M095), 3402ft, 1037m
14:00 – The Devil’s Penis (M130), 3294ft, 1004m
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…. the infinite impermanence of things
Munros since diagnosis #162 and #163
3rd July, 20:45 – Beinn Heasgarnaich (M062), 3537ft, 1078m
4th July, 08:45 – Creag Mhor (M084), 3234ft, 1046m