Hello. My name is Guy. ‘fearfulodds’ refers to a few diseases that have been architected to kill me. But “I’m still ‘ere, ‘en I?” Life itself can come with some pretty fearsome odds too; I’ve been fascinated by what it takes to overcome them. As part of my PhD I got involved with the Research Method Autoethnography, a disciplined reflexive self-examination then used to try and help folk by an analysis of that stuff we all have in common. We have emotions in common, but how they reveal themselves differs by individual.
I’ve had three different careers, a soldier, ops at Heathrow and two decades in IT. Writing, however, has been a constant substrate of my life. Poetry, primarily, but other modalities too. I think it’s language itself, and how it changes, especially within each modality, that fascinates me. I accidentally became an export in metaphor and other artefacts of figurative language. Not a brilliant chat up line. Books, a constant and indelible friendship over six decades.
My Writing
The Charity
The Business
On this site I run two blogs. One is about the mental and emotional goings-on with a diagnosis of cancer. Two different departments of Oncology gave me five years to live, back in spring 2023. Clock’s ticking, right? My intention is to do an end of October and turn the clocks back.
And what we can do with our mind and outlook to try and maintain stability and a positive outlook
The other is about identity. And how identity changes, especially with disabilities. The mental and emotional shenanigans that goes on with a diagnosis like progressive multiple sclerosis which they got to in ’14 but I’d been to the medics with in ’06.
Can I phone or email you?
Yep. Mail contact page or by calling my company at 1.123.456.7891
What’s the most important thing you do?
Laugh. A lot.
What’s your main philosophy?
I’m still breathing. Plenty I know, plenty my age, aren’t.