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I am Dr Colin Mason, formerly Dean (Vice President) of Teaching and Learning at Unitec NZ, Auckland, New Zealand; Director and Professor of the Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; Director of Learning and Teaching Development, at the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK; and previously a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences (Haematology) at Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. Currently, I am a semi-retired academic consultant in higher education and most poignantly, a recovering cancer patient who has just discovered blogs. I have been documenting my progress from diagnosis of my poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach through to nearly the end of my third cycle of chemotherapy with Epirubicin, Oxaliplatin and Xeloda (EOX), a well-established Chemo Combo cocktail for treating non-HER2 positive people such as me. The trials and tribulations of my experiences in the last 3-4 months have kept many both amused and empathetic to my cause of championing NHS reform to become more proactive in a health-promoting rather than an illness-treating service for growing numbers of patients, especially the elderly, that will, if not planned for, lead to rationing and even greater ethical dilemmas for society, but particularly consultants and other senior health and social care workers who will be forced to make what could be key life or death decisions for patients in their care.