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      • At home with Lanreotide (….and Octreotide)
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Year: 2014

2014 in review

January 8, 2015
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End of the year but not end of the mission

January 8, 2015
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Surgery – the gift that keeps on giving

December 8, 2020
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Chocolate – the NET effect

May 14, 2020
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Neuroendocrine Cancer – not an exact Science

November 30, 2017
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Tobacco and Cancer: A smoking gun?

January 8, 2015
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Neuroendocrine Cancer – early diagnosis, not early misdiagnosis?

April 26, 2017
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Every Day is World NET Day!

September 7, 2020
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I woke up on World NET Day

November 9, 2020
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The Human Anatomy of Neuroendocrine Cancer

December 4, 2020
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Neuroendocrine Cancer – shh! Can you hear it? (…..I didn’t)

September 8, 2020
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Awareness, Awareness, Awareness

October 20, 2014
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Neuroendocrine Cancer – Horrible Hormones

October 30, 2020
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A Commitment to Fight Cancer

October 12, 2014
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Living with an incurable cancer – does mind over matter help?

September 25, 2018
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Passive patient or active advocate?

February 18, 2016
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No flushes please!

September 6, 2014
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Childhood Neuroendocrine Cancer – 1 in 7 million!

April 8, 2016
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If your Doctors don’t suspect something, they won’t detect anything!

May 8, 2020
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Met an old friend today; his name is Gym

April 8, 2016
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Am I at fighting weight?

December 6, 2014
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Glass half full or half empty?

February 29, 2016
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“You’re from Dundee – you must like fighting”

August 3, 2014
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Four years on

March 8, 2016
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Laughter is the best medicine

May 14, 2016
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Finding Hotspots

July 12, 2014
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A Highland Coup

June 25, 2014
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Things are not always how they seem

September 4, 2015
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Up and atom!!

June 19, 2014
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Forget the posturing, it’s results that matter

June 18, 2014
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I’ve just been nuked!

July 28, 2014
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My stomach sometimes cramps my style

January 7, 2019
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Beyond the Wall

May 31, 2016
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So what next?

June 1, 2015
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Hadrian’s Wall Day 6 – Mission Complete!

May 31, 2020
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Hadrian’s Wall Day 5 – Pass the morphine!

May 31, 2020
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Hadrian’s Wall Day 4 – Welcome to Cumbria!

May 31, 2020
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Hadrian’s Wall Day 3 – Spectacular but wet!

May 31, 2020
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Hadrian’s Wall Day 2 – The wall appears

May 31, 2020
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Hadrian’s Wall Day 1 – Sunny Newcastle

May 26, 2020
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My right-hand woman – Chris

December 11, 2020
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Just got (a) shot in the buttocks

August 15, 2014
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My blog goes International!

September 15, 2017
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Diagnostic Challenges

September 13, 2017
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If it’s not raining, it’s not training

May 19, 2014
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“I may not be rich, but I do have priceless grandchildren”

May 24, 2017
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Dr Google will see you now

November 7, 2019
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Is there life on other Planets?

May 17, 2014
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Shrek and Princess Fiona

August 13, 2020
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If you suspect it, you can detect it

March 7, 2019
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North of the wall is a dangerous place – you must never go there!

May 14, 2016
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Always thank your Nurse – sometimes they’re the only one between you and a hearse!

May 12, 2020
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My treatment is a pain in the butt!

June 13, 2017
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Through the Keyhole?

May 10, 2014
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Queen Mother of the Isle of Wight

May 9, 2014
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What have the Romans ever done for us?

November 29, 2015
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Who needs a gallblader anyway?

December 5, 2020
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Does my Flush beat yours?

April 22, 2016
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Exercise – it’s a free prescription

June 25, 2014
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Diagnosis – I’m no longer in control

October 17, 2020
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The subject nobody wants to talk about

May 10, 2014
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Bournemouth Marathon

May 6, 2014
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Army to the Rescue

May 10, 2014
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What’s it all about?

May 5, 2015
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From Blagging to Blogging

December 6, 2018
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