Author Archives: Jet Black

Not Fade Away

Posted on Tue, 16 May 2023 by Jet Black

I was driving along the M25 earlier today, heading for the Dartford Crossing, heading for Folkestone, heading for Le Shuttle (rebranding!), heading for France, when a Who song came on my playlist, with the lyric: “why don’t you all just … Continue reading →

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Twelve years

Posted on Sat, 4 Feb 2023 by Jet Black

Today is the twelve year anniversary of my diagnosis and my whole life being changed irrevocably, but not as one might imagine, badly. I keep on living and I continue to stay in remission. Hurrah! I outlived my mother, who … Continue reading →

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And then it got me!

Posted on Wed, 15 Jun 2022 by Jet Black

After over two years of caution and care, isolation and anxiety, the minute, truly the day I decided to drop my guard, not even entirely, just slightly… Covid got me! I went to Sheffield to see art and a friend. … Continue reading →

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Ten year transplant anniversary reflections

Posted on Mon, 16 May 2022 by Jet Black

Today, Monday 16 May, is the ten year anniversary of my stem cell transplant. I’m still here – over eleven years after diagnosis, still in complete remission. There’s really not a lot more to say. I celebrated an unexpected ten … Continue reading →

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I’m a Survivor!

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021 by Jet Black

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” – Alan … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the rain

Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020 by Jet Black

“Learning that life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about dancing in the rain.” That sentence is the byline of my blog. I have to admit that it’s been a lie in the most literal respect, as … Continue reading →

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Seven years

Posted on Mon, 5 Feb 2018 by Jet Black

This anniversary post is to recognise that I’m still here, in remission, seven years on from the day (4 February 2011) when I was first diagnosed. In that time I have seen a number of friends die, from myeloma, leukaemia, … Continue reading →

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The last post…?

Posted on Sat, 11 Feb 2017 by Jet Black

Last Saturday was a huge day in my life history calendar. Six years ago I was diagnosed with multiple Myeloma. Each year that passes makes that day, 4 Feb 2011, more and more significant and makes me more aware how lucky … Continue reading →

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Destination: Cure – “it can only grow from here”

Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 by Jet Black

In July I attended a Reception for the All Party Parliamentary Group on stem cell transplantation at the Houses of Parliament. This is a group of MPs who support, campaign around and are interested in stem cell transplants, at a … Continue reading →

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Relatively normal

Posted on Fri, 17 Jul 2015 by Jet Black

      Oh my goodness, how long has it been since I properly wrote anything here? Those of you who are distant strangers may well have feared that I was no longer around. I am! I am still very … Continue reading →

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