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THIS IS WHAT
LIFE ACTUALLY
FEELS LIKE.

( With a bit of sarcasm. )

I’m Ashley. After 16 years in the Middle East, I came home to Cumbria and straight into a cancer diagnosis.

This is the story, told properly. No fluff. No filters. Occasionally funny when it probably shouldn’t be.

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New around here? Start at the beginning. It makes a lot more sense that way.

Where it all started, the lump I nearly ignored, and the moment everything quietly changed.

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Don’t worry,

you’re not late

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Scans, surgery, and the reality hitting properly, hospital gowns, scars, and things getting very real.

The diagnosis, the plan, and the statistic I never expected to be part of.

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Blog Cancer

7AM, 2PM, and the Howard Arms Or: How a Springer Spaniel quietly became part of my recovery.

There are currently two fixed points in my life as I'm what they call in between jobs. Two immovable pillars of routine that exist regardless of weather, mood, motivation, or whether I’ve decided to spend the morning catastrophising over a slightly suspicious ache in my neck.

Life Now

Ashley Platt

2 days ago6 min read

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If you’re here because something doesn’t feel right, get it checked.

Don’t Google it.
Just go and see a doctor.

THIS IS WHAT LIFE ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE. ( With a bit of sarcasm. ) I’m Ashley. After 16 years in the Middle East, I came home to Cumbria and straight into a cancer diagnosis. This is the story, told properly. No fluff. No filters. Occasionally funny when it probably shouldn’t be.

7AM, 2PM, and the Howard Arms Or: How a Springer Spaniel quietly became part of my recovery.

THIS IS WHAT
LIFE ACTUALLY
FEELS LIKE.

( With a bit of sarcasm. )

I’m Ashley. After 16 years in the Middle East, I came home to Cumbria and straight into a cancer diagnosis.

This is the story, told properly. No fluff. No filters. Occasionally funny when it probably shouldn’t be.