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Farewell, white ovoid exhaustion-inducing tablets; hello, West Ham’s religious revival

To celebrate, I got totally and deliberately and gloriously drunk and danced the Gay Gordons

3 October 2015

8:00 AM

3 October 2015

8:00 AM

Every morning for the past two years, on waking, I’ve reached out for the white plastic tub on the bedside table, shaken out four oval white tablets into the lid, tossed them into my mouth, and washed them down with a pint of water. Initially I counted myself lucky to be selected to take the expensive drug abiraterone for two years as part of a nationwide clinical trial.

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