Every step
matters this
Men’s Health Week.
I’m taking strides to save men’s lives.
Prostate cancer is Australia’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. 1 in 5 men are likely to be diagnosed in their lifetime.
That’s why, this Men’s Health Week, I’m making every step count.
Will you donate today and help fund new research to detect and defeat prostate cancer?
My Updates
A Stranger Calls
Sunday 8th JunChange arrives after the cancer
Hardly surprising
The cancer was a quiet visitor at first
A genuine unknown unknown
Not any more
Now it’s everywhere
Maybe taking a cue from the film of the two Daniels, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Maybe just a prosaic nomad out & about
Can’t escape its presence or the psychological intrusion
The books next to my spot in the lounge have changed
No American politics
Nothing about Donald Trump - maybe a blessing but really cancer doesn’t have those
No crime fiction
No biographies
The proximity to Trump prompts a smile
You’ve got cancer, Trump is certainly malignant & your illness is as pervasive as the American’s chronic invasion of modern life
Now your books are texts on “disease, treatment options and outcomes”.
Is it possible to have a prognosis any more thuddingly dull?
Would these texts be available in Trump’s USA or would the bad Kennedy boy lose them in his mad quest to rid the once great nation of science & all of its questions & answers?
Living with cancer is what my medical team point towards
A destination - not just a journey, as Zsofia,the niece of protagonist Laszlo Toth explains at the end of one of this year’s better films, The Brutalist
You learn within just a few days, the regimented life ahead is lined up in rows & in a triaged order, pills, intravenous drugs & the need to stay healthy & keep you strength & muscle in good order
So first you learn cancer is here
Next you learn it isn’t going nowhere
As Bobby Dylan said 60 years past “Buy me some rings & a gun that sings
A flute that toots & a bee that stings
The sky that cries & a bird that flies
A fish that walks & a dog that talks”
In a world constrained by cancer, this says not quite all
But oh, hell, it says a lot.
February 15, 2025
Thank you to my sponsors
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Barton Green
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Greg Hallam
Go you good thing
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Jenny Menzies
Great work Dennis. I hope you get on top of it.
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Kim Landers
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Kate Hannon
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Bruce Muirhead
Great stuff, Dennis. You're almost there.
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Trend Dalton
Go Dennis!!!! Big love from the Dalton gang!!
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Christine JACKMAN
"We're resilient. If you're not resilient, don't come here." - James Carville. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, Dennis x
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Anonymous
Thank you for not only talking the talk, but walking the walk....
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Michael Crutcher
Inspiring. Well done Dennis.
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Rob Craddock
You inspire us all Den!
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Go well Dennis
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NIKI SAVVA
Go Dennis! Very proud of my dear friend.
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Koren Helbig
Thinking of you, Dennis.
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Dennis, we're behind you every step of the way
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Good luck Dennis
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Proud of you Dennis!
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Brett Mason
Good luck mate!
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Go well mate
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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Walk hard, Dennis!
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Love you!
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Big effort Dennis
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Jim Chalmers
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Amanda Buckley
Happy walking. Thinking of you.
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Jo C
Thank you for raising awareness, Dennis
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Ryan
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Sharon Neame
You can do this Dennis xx
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Peter Logue
Been down this road, not once but twice. You’ll get there, old friend
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Neil Melloy
Keep putting one foot in front of the other!
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Good Luck Mate.
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This replaces the lunch we both miss while travelling. Keep up the activity level
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Love you
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Karen Nilsson
All the best Uncle Dennis xx
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With you every step of the way x
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Sending lots of love to my little brother
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Hi mate. Thinking of you and congratulations on your approach. I’ve had quite a few mates diagnosed over the past few years and every one of them is now in good (monitored) health.