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Chemo Freak will never stop exploring the consciousness of Ratzo. He says it's a bottomless chasm of nothingness.

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Dear Chemo Freak. Welcome to the club. A not-often-mentioned positive aspect of chemo and radiation (and the subsequent loss of appetite) is the weight loss. Especially if you're a fat shit, like I was becoming. Some wake-up call.

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Sorry Nigel, but I am still a fat git. Never lost my appetite, although I did lose weight during radiotherapy.

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Nov 24, 2023·edited Nov 24, 2023

Dear Chemo Freak, a good friend of mine once cycled all the way from the South of France to come and see us in Rome. It was a mighty undertaking and I was full of admiration. Still am. Keep at it! You'll soon be back to your old self. I mean, you'll never be as good as my mate, but you can try...

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I only wish I could achieve what Chemo Freak has achieved. Ratzo tells me he's a bloody hero, but then the stoopid rat is usually off his head on drugs. The world just gets weider...

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Old men ought to be explorers

Here and there does not matter

We must be still and still moving... (T.S. Eliot, East Coker)

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