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Revisit • Back once more for another overnight • and it’s raining ☔ • (fingers crossed - hope it works this time around - last time failed) 😞 • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #brick #glass #architecture #davidmocatta #stone #entrance #diagonal #williammarsden #1851 #closeup #up #spring #afternoon #10thApril #2013 #inkwell #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Sat • secret garden • in the middle of a hospital • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #secretgarden #garden #bench #wooden #slats #stones #plants #flowers #terracotta #planters #fence #closeup #spring #afternoon #6thApril #2013 #lofi #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

ST • #RapidDiagnosticAndAssessmentCentre #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #letters #sign #steel #capitalletters #uppercase #zoom #closeup #spring #evening #5thApril #2013 #bw #mono #blackandwhite #inkwell #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Grapes • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #reception #welcome #brand #branding #architecture #grape #purple #wall #steel #lettering #entrance #closeup #spring #evening #5thApril #2013 #hefe #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Return • Back again for more overnights • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #greycloud #redbrick #glass #architecture #davidmocatta #red #brick #stone #entrance #diagonal #up #spring #evening #5thApril #2013 #hefe #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Bye • finally leaving • Until next time, hospital! • stem cells: its time to do your thing • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #daffodills #yellow #reception #lighting #brand #sign #unit #treatment #recovery #winter #18thMarch #2013 #valencia #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Once More • the final overnight stay • this time around, at least • #williammarsden #md #1851 #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #architecture #stone #brick #glass #up #winter #evening #17thMarch #2013 #closeup #bw #mono #blackandwhite #inkwell #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Here • is the secret garden, where I usually sit before & after ‘stuff’ but it was snowing so I didn’t & haven’t • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #chelsea #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #secretgarden #plants #bench #wooden #snowing #snowfall #pebbles #plants #winter #afternoon #15thMarch #2013 #bw #mono #blackandwhite #willow #lux #st #thest • see the snow? Good. • (at The Royal Marsden)

Up but Around • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #chelsea #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #stairwell #light #shadow #stairs #lighting #beams #winter #afternoon #15thMarch #2013 #bw #mono #blackandwhite #inkwell #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Here For • Bad Stuff Out & Good Stuff In • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #chelsea #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #wall #light #shadow #brand #lighting #shadow #marsden #care #winter #morning #13thMarch #2013 #bw #mono #blackandwhite #inkwell #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

Bill • I thought I’d be away for longer, William, but… • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southkensington #chelsea #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #hospital #bluesky #whitecloud #redbrick #glass #architecture #davidmocatta #red #blue #white #winter #morning #13thMarch #2013 #lofi #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

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Finding Community in Surviving Cancer

“Cancer,” Jason Pike wrote in his first blog post last April.

“It fucking sucks and it’s hard to explain.”

After realizing that a diagnosis of throat cancer meant surgery would temporarily steal his ability to speak, Pike, a Chicago entrepreneur, turned to blogging as a way to keep friends and family in the loop on his progress.

“As many cancer patients will attest, the act of treatment and recovery is boring as hell,” says the 30-year-old, who blogs at As Yet Unfinished. “There I was, lying in hospital rooms on intense painkillers, sitting in waiting rooms awaiting my daily radiation treatments or lying on my couch watching the same episodes of the same shows over and over. Add to that the sum total of being in pain, scared of dying and unable to speak, and my nature as an expressive artist, and it was shockingly easy for me to keep [the blog] updated.”

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Sputnik • #chandelier #light #steel #circles #suspended #cables #stairwell #lighting #lights #design #royalmarsdenhospital #cancerhospital #cancer #hospital #nhs #nationalhealthservice #chelsea #royalborough #kensingtonandchelsea #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #british #9thDecember #lofi #lux #st #thest (at The Royal Marsden)

1851 • “Now gentlemen, I want to found a hospital for the treatment of cancer, and the study of the disease, for at the present time we (still) know absolutely nothing about it.” #DrWilliamMarsden • #royalmarsdenhospital #fulhamroad #chelsea #southwestlondon #royallondonborough #kensingtonandchelsea #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #british #DavidMocatta #1851 #architecture #cancer #cancerhospital #hospital #nhs #nationalhealthservice #brick #bluesky #winter #morning #8thDecember #2012 #brannan #lux #st #thest returns • 😳 •