Waiting for the Bell: Approaching the First Big Milestone — Part Three
The First ScansBy Alexander Ryan
Length1h 10m
About this audiobook
In Part Three of Waiting for the Bell, chemotherapy grows more familiar but no less demanding. A rushed treatment session prompts Alex to speak up; grief arrives with the loss of Uncle Roy; and the accumulating effects of treatment sit alongside family, work, the barge, a growing coffee shop in Thailand and the stubborn comedy of ordinary life. As scans draw closer, fear returns in quieter form, yet so does an unexpected, practical happiness—not a denial of illness, but an attention to what still matters. Candid, reflective and threaded with dry humour, this instalment reaches the first MRI and CT milestone with the results, and the next direction, still unknown.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Health and Wellness
Length1 hr 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 9: Thirty Minutes
2Chapter 10: Do It Today
3Chapter 11: The Curious Case of Increasing Happiness
4Chapter 12: Approaching the First Big Milestone
Series
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