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New to Lethal Pasty? You’re in the right place.

First of all, welcome.

Second, there’s no grand plan here, but there is a bit of everything.

What started as a blog about life working abroad somehow turned into something very different.

A lump in my neck.
A few tests.
And then the words you never expect to hear:

“You’ve got cancer.”

That was the moment everything changed.

This page is the easiest way to follow what happened next, from that first lump, through treatment, and into whatever comes after.

No medical jargon.
No sugar-coating.
Just the reality of it, with a bit of humour thrown in where it helps.

Best Wishes

Ash

If you want to follow the story properly, start here:

Where it all started, the lump I nearly ignored.

Part 2: Operation Jelly, The Sequel
Neck dissection, hospital gowns, scars, and the start of things getting very real.

Part 3: The 94% Club
The diagnosis, the treatment plan, and the survival statistic I never expected to join.

Part 4: The 4th Is With Me
Mask fitting, cannulas, NHS heroes, and preparing for chemo and radiotherapy.

Part 5: Treatment Begins
The early days of treatment, side effects, routines, and finding humour in the madness.

Part 6: Boring You Yet?
Chemo days, radiotherapy, taste buds on strike, and the daily grind.

Part 7: Whoa, We’re Halfway There
Halfway through treatment, running on soup, sarcasm, and stubbornness.

Part 8: The Emotional Damage Edition
How cancer affects work, money, family, confidence, and everything outside hospital.

Part 9: Saved by the Bell
The end of treatment, ringing the bell, and realising recovery is its own journey.

Part 10: The Void
The Void, waiting for results, remission, and working out what normal means now.