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Cancer drove me up the Wall
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On top of the World; Five days on Kilimanjaro, Marangu route.

Ten years after being given an expected life expectancy of 22 months I thought, why not finish the year almost on top of the world on Kilimanjaro
  • Richard Lanigan
  • December 31, 2023
  • Cancer & exercise

Ten years after terminal diagnosis; A Triathlon

I have never been a good swimmer. I went into the pool, after 125M my shoulders were on fire and I was breathing heavy.
  • Richard Lanigan
  • September 26, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Cannabis oil, Family & Friends, Fear

August 2013: End of the beginning, or beginning of the end?

'Your cancer has returned,, has spread, to other parts of your body and is incurable. Average life expectancy is 22 months"; said the Consultant
  • Richard Lanigan
  • January 4, 2020
  • 3,231 Comments
  • "The All Clear", Family & Friends

Given just months to live; then “spontaneous remission”, a miracle or just cancer sense?

Every year I am offered an appointment with an oncologist to see how I am, it’s usually with a registrar rather than a consultant. If it’s one I know I will start the conversation with “don’t look so depressed because…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 14, 2017
  • 19,564 Comments
  • Cannabis oil, Family & Friends

Reaching 60 years was my second milestone and I realised “incurable” just means the doctors don’t know how to fix it.

In August 2013 doctors gave me a death sentence! With that ” power gaze” the philosopher  Michel Foucault described, they took away all hope and told me to prepare for the  end. I searched the medical literature for some encouragement…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • March 21, 2017
  • 414 Comments
  • The Cancer Business

“October” is not Cancer month, every fucking month is.

Hate this shit that shows up on my profile on Face Book no doubt because the C word comes up often and the assume I am interested and might give to a cancer charity. October is not cancer month, if…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • October 21, 2016
  • 70 Comments
  • Fear

Sometimes all that gives the terminally ill a reason for living, is a little ray of hope

For the second day in a row the Guardian is going with this negative story of people seeking alternatives to help them live better with cancer. Again they sully the memory of Jesica Ainscough who died a few days ago…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • March 5, 2015
  • 395 Comments
  • Uncategorized

Slash burn and poison is not that effective and should not have a monopoly on cancer treatment

Have to laugh at this article by oncologist Dr Ranjana Srivastava in todays Guardian 4/3/15 “What do doctors say to ‘alternative therapists’ when a patient dies? Nothing. You have to love this outrage when someone decided to shun the medical cartel for…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • March 3, 2015
  • 306 Comments
  • Fear

More smoke and mirrors from the cancer industry. You are going get Cancer, so give us your money and we will save you.

Cancer rates are increasing, change your lifestyle before giving more money to the cancer industry
  • Richard Lanigan
  • February 5, 2015
  • 4,677 Comments
  • Cannabis oil

He’s not dead, he’s stoned from cannabis oil!

Since being diagnosed with cancer in 2011, my family and I have been aware that the end would come one day and it would be unpredictable. On Friday the 13 June 2014 the “grim reaper” came for me at 3:00…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • June 12, 2014
  • 311 Comments
  • Cancer & exercise, Wall of China Marathon

The Great Wall of China Marathon

Doing this Marathon was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.
  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 18, 2013
  • 311 Comments
  • Wall of China Marathon

24 hours to go

We are staying in a “town” I have never heard of near the wall.the tell me it has a population of 3 million, but you could not see the size of the place for the smog Day before race took…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 17, 2013
  • 375 Comments
  • Wall of China Marathon

Inspecting the Wall

Left Beijing at 6.30 to inspect the route. The steps are harder than I thought, I guess there were no building regs when they were built. Took an hour to get across a 4 K section. Great to meet up…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 16, 2013
  • 299 Comments
  • Wall of China Marathon

Copenhagen August 2012

We have just landed in Beijing It’s hard to believe its only last August we first talked about this and now we are here.its really happening. I was hoping to keep my friends informed on Facebook but its not allowed…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 14, 2013
  • 351 Comments
  • Chemotherapy

Its only your hands and feet, cant be too bad.

When I tell people I had lost all sensation in my hands and feet after chemotherapy they would often say, that’s not too bad. I suppose if you compare it to losing your eyesight or  losing a limb it doesn’t…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 14, 2013
  • 1,563 Comments
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I can deal with fear, not sure about angry husbands

End of June we went for a few days to Center Parks with the kids. Its a kind of middle class Butlins, with lots of sports activities and swimming facilities, which are help full in getting feeling back into my…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 8, 2013
  • 311 Comments
  • Wall of China Marathon

Me and Lance Armstrong

  Perhaps now is the time to tell readers about my relationship with Lance and the role he played in getting me to run the Great Wall Marathon. When I was first diagnosed. A number of people suggested I read…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 3, 2013
  • 412 Comments
  • Wall of China Marathon

My Recovery gets some speed on my Tour de France

The longest march starts with the first step and up until France, they had been baby steps. Probably the first big improvement in my physical condition that would lead to the Great Wall of China happened during my ten days…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • May 2, 2013
  • 280 Comments
  • Fear

The end of the beginning

Starting the recovery after chemotherapy
  • Richard Lanigan
  • April 30, 2013
  • 271 Comments
  • Wall of China Marathon

Rx for Health: A Daily Dose of Exercise!

There is an increasing awareness in health care of the relationship between Exercise and wellbeing. Last year at a conference I met Dean Ornish who I later found out was Steve Jobs doctor. He did a study and found people who did…

  • Richard Lanigan
  • April 26, 2012
  • 3,340 Comments
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