Pod 2 | 20 03 22 - by Jack Hargreaves

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Pod 2 | 20 03 22

Diagnosis | NHS Nurses and doctors | Morphine

Jack Hargreaves

Mar 20, 2022

Podcast contains strong language like fuck etc

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I am diagnosed with terminal stage 4 colon cancer that has metastasised to my liver. I now have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes (still waiting on diagnosis) and as a result of the colon cancer, I have an ileostomy called Elvis.

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Hospitals. They aren’t the easiest places to relax enough to fall asleep. What with the lights, the unusual noises, smells and the lack of a weighty duvet over you. From personal experience, if you happen to notice someone blissfully asleep in a hospital bed there’s a good chance they are whacked out on morphine or something similar. My point here being…

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I was laying on the bed slightly propped up so I could give Elvis, my ileostomy, his wash and dress him again for the day. I’d covered him up with a warm tissue while I cleaned the old adhesive off my stomach. I need to cover him to contain any projectile output that he decides to launch while I am bathing him. Once that happens to you, you never get fo…

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