When

‘I have no idea how long I have before the brain tumour returns. The UK/the world needs some good news right now, Golf could do with some good news right now. There are hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of people needlessly dying right now who could be saved...

Two Sets Of Footprints

During my fifty years of life I felt that God was watching over me. All those childhood diseases were declared as potentially fatal but weren’t. As a very young boy, while I was playing in the garden, a joyrider lost control of his huge American Sedan and smashed it...

More Hope

Shortly after my final cycle of chemotherapy I got on to the train in Stirling to travel to London for my nieces’ christening. As we pulled out from Stirling the train was almost empty with no seat bookings visible. I selected a seat by the window and enjoyed the...

Hope

My brilliant oncologist was determined to buy me some more time with the children and fought hard to get me onto a European drug trial. She succeeded, but prior to treatment starting she had to be sure that I understood its implications. It was hoped that this new...

Becoming Useful

As an Army Officer I played a direct part in the saving of a few more lives. Firstly, a soldier who collapsed and shut down in my platoon office in Edinburgh. He very quickly lost all life signs. My platoon sergeant and I managed to keep him alive with CPR until the...