Where angels fear to tread

The ups and downs of life as a former hospital chaplain and rare blood cancer sufferer. I was diagnosed with MDS (Myelo Dysplastic Syndrome) in 2000. I had a bone marrow transplant in Oct 2016. Since then I’ve been living with extensive GVHD (Graft Verses Host Disease). Hope you find something that helps in these blogs.

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Beauty in unlikely places

Whilst on call one night I had a very strange call out to HDU. A patient who had been on ICU was now with them and aware enough to realise ...

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

It's ok to live until you die

As part of my wanderings through ICU I met a family who were there to support their very ill daughter. The daughter was asthmatic and was b...

Monday, 28 January 2013

Suffer the little children to come unto me

Summer continued a pace and with it came a little lad on our PICU. He was 12 years old. He had a very big operation and lived somewhere...

Can you hear me?

The following month brought along its own set of challenges. One of these challenges came in the form of a dying grandmother. I was called ...

And you held me - Janet Morley

And You Held Me and you held me and there were no words and there was no time and you held me and there was only wanting and bein...

What do you think happens when we die?

In my last blog I mentioned about blessing a dead baby in my first month of employment as a hospital chaplain. During that same month a...

Monday, 21 January 2013

In at the deep end

I started work as a hospital chaplain in May 2005. My first impression was “Oh my God what have I done?” I felt I didn’t know anything or a...

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About Me

Rebel Rev: Hi. Thanks for finding my page. I’m a medically retried Chaplain and still continue to be a Rebel Rev. My cancer journey is not straight forward and I share it in the hope it helps others.

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