<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from ian734.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 ian734.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2007-12-14T16:23:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007:1</id><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-12-09:links.412067589</id><title>Special Day Number 2</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/special_day_number_2.htm"><![CDATA[I celebrate my 2nd year of survival - and sign off for good.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/special_day_number_2.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-12-09T12:58:00Z</updated><published>2007-12-09T12:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-09-07:links.412038581</id><title>Life is just a bowl of cherries</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/life_is_just_a_bowl_of_cherries.htm"><![CDATA[life is returning to some sort of normality and it's time to sign off (probably)]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/life_is_just_a_bowl_of_cherries.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-09-07T11:47:00Z</updated><published>2007-09-07T11:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-07-28:links.412024522</id><title>Bye bye bag</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/bye_bye_bag.htm"><![CDATA[i guess it's time to say goodbye ....]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/bye_bye_bag.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-07-28T20:53:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-28T20:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-07-20:links.412021680</id><title>Frying pans and fires</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/frying_pans_and_fires.htm"><![CDATA[nappy days are here again ....]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/frying_pans_and_fires.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-07-20T08:48:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-20T08:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-07-02:links.412014990</id><title>Dump your Junk day</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/dump_your_junk_day.htm"><![CDATA[waiting for the phone call to go into hospital]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/dump_your_junk_day.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-07-02T13:19:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-02T13:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-06-28:links.412013586</id><title>Forty minutes</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/forty_minutes.htm"><![CDATA[counting down to bag off]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/forty_minutes.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-06-28T14:09:00Z</updated><published>2007-06-28T14:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-06-20:links.412010392</id><title>Counting the Bags</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/counting_the_bags.htm"><![CDATA[I finally get a date for my operation.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/counting_the_bags.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-06-20T09:17:00Z</updated><published>2007-06-20T09:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-06-10:links.412006339</id><title>A Diamond Geezer</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/a_diamond_geezer.htm"><![CDATA[another special day]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/a_diamond_geezer.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-06-10T10:54:00Z</updated><published>2007-06-10T10:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-05-24:links.411999935</id><title>Incisions, incisions</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/incisions_incisions.htm"><![CDATA[i get a date for the bag-off op]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/incisions_incisions.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-05-24T13:23:00Z</updated><published>2007-05-24T13:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-05-10:links.411993931</id><title>Work-itis (or coughs and sneezes ...)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/workitis_or_coughs_and_sneezes_.htm"><![CDATA[coughs and sneezes spread diseases]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/workitis_or_coughs_and_sneezes_.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-05-10T10:29:00Z</updated><published>2007-05-10T10:29:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-04-29:links.411989001</id><title>Liver good – weightlifting bad</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/liver_good__weightlifting_bad.htm"><![CDATA[i get my liver scan results]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/liver_good__weightlifting_bad.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-04-29T18:38:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-29T18:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-04-26:links.411987622</id><title>Wishing and hoping and praying ….</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/wishing_and_hoping_and_praying_.htm"><![CDATA[waiting for the liver rtesults ....]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/wishing_and_hoping_and_praying_.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-04-26T09:33:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-26T09:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-04-23:links.411986259</id><title>I’ll see it when I believe it</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/ill_see_it_when_i_believe_it.htm"><![CDATA[scans and yet more scans]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/ill_see_it_when_i_believe_it.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-04-23T18:28:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-23T18:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-04-11:links.411980962</id><title>Here we go  again (again)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/here_we_go__again_again.htm"><![CDATA[it's exam time again]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/here_we_go__again_again.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-04-11T16:42:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-11T16:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-04-03:links.411976918</id><title>Sonnet 141</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/sonnet_141.htm"><![CDATA[10 things I hate about my Stoma.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/sonnet_141.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-04-03T12:10:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-03T12:10:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-03-26:links.411973026</id><title>A grand day out</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/a_grand_day_out.htm"><![CDATA[work improves with the arrival of some jugs in the loo.  And I go out for the day - 10 hours away from a comfort stop. I survive.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/a_grand_day_out.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-03-26T14:32:00Z</updated><published>2007-03-26T14:32:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-02-23:links.411952310</id><title>Home from the War</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/home_from_the_war.htm"><![CDATA[looking for something in the loft takes a surprising amount of negotiation.  This is something the NHS might like to think about.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/home_from_the_war.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-02-23T16:36:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-23T16:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-02-07:links.411938659</id><title>The Man with the Bionic Bowel</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/the_man_with_the_bionic_bowel.htm"><![CDATA[i get the go ahead (but not a date) for the bag-off operation]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/the_man_with_the_bionic_bowel.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-02-07T19:58:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-07T19:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-02-02:links.411934083</id><title>Know your enema</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/know_your_enema.htm"><![CDATA[to Oxford for a cosy chat with a liver consultant, then to Milton Keynes for an enema to see if the join in my bowel has healed up.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/know_your_enema.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-02-02T13:21:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-02T13:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-01-12:links.411916405</id><title>Tales of the Unexpected.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/tales_of_the_unexpected.htm"><![CDATA[pipework - both mine and telephone - come in for some unexpected scrutiny]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/tales_of_the_unexpected.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-01-12T14:50:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-12T14:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2007-01-02:links.411907207</id><title>The working life: Part 2</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/the_working_life_part_2.htm"><![CDATA[I return to work - hopefully for good this time.  I discover my office has moved and end up buying some new trousers.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/the_working_life_part_2.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2007-01-02T18:47:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-02T18:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2006-12-24:links.411900897</id><title>A Christmas Carol (a pantomime in 3&#xbd; Acts)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/a_christmas_carol_a_pantomime_in_3_acts.htm"><![CDATA[a pantomime for the festive season, complete with goodies, baddies and bad jokes (lots of them).]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/a_christmas_carol_a_pantomime_in_3_acts.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2006-12-24T10:23:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-24T10:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2006-12-16:links.411894032</id><title>My special day</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/my_special_day.htm"><![CDATA[It's been 12 months since diagnosis.  Here's my end of term report.  It's a bit long so you may want to get a coffee first.  And a pencil and pad.  I'll be asking questions afterwards.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/my_special_day.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2006-12-16T14:23:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-16T14:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2006-11-25:links.411873841</id><title>It’s not over till the Bag-lady rings</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/its_not_over_till_the_baglady_rings.htm"><![CDATA[my feet are still giving me gyp.  I talk to the Bag-lady about getting rid of the bag.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/its_not_over_till_the_baglady_rings.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2006-11-25T14:07:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-25T14:07:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:ian734.blog-city.com,2006-11-16:links.411865807</id><title>Moving on</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://ian734.blog-city.com/moving_on.htm"><![CDATA[Picking up the threads of my old life is harder than expected.  And from out of the blue, poems start to appear in my head.  Is it the drugs?]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ian734.blog-city.com/moving_on.htm"/><dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator><author><name>Ian</name></author><updated>2006-11-16T14:26:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-16T14:26:00Z</published></entry></feed>