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.

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

An unexpected result

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Well I didn’t see that coming today. I’ve had a lovely few days in Vienna. I was so impressed by the company that flew me and Maggie o...

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Another long and challenging day

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Today was a bit of a day and a half. I had to be at Kings at 12.30pm. I had been busy trying to get myself ready for a trip and some nice tr...

Sunday, 11 November 2018

Remembering for remembrance 100

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Remembrance Day or Armistice is meant to be a day of remembering that came about following WW1. My grandfather fought in the Battle of Som...

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Poor Rebel Rev has to take statins. Will it ever end?

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Today was one of those days. I was at Kings for a clinic appointment. Parking was worse than normal but I had just lined myself up to a park...

Thursday, 1 November 2018

Rebel Rev says goodbye to her brilliant GP

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Another day, another ECP session. Today though I had a nice surprise in the form of a pressie from Dave. Thank you for making me smile. ...

Sunday, 28 October 2018

Is there life outside of hospital appointments?

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So another week and another lot of appointments. At present I have 4 in the diary. That may change. I’ve finished the antibiotics but ...

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Dealing with admin cock ups!

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Today was a very annoying day. It started nicely with an unexpected text from my little sis Gail saying she would come to the hospital...

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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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