In what feels like a staged approach the last week has been a big one including getting the results of my first MRI since my chemotherapy and radiotherapy began in January this year and then the start of my 2nd phase of treatments. I was warned previously that the MRI results might be inconclusive because […]
In previous posts I’ve touched on some new treatments I will be undergoing completely separately from what is available in the UK. I feel like now is the time to talk in more detail about the two biggest ones, one of which is only a week away and the other starts at the beginning of […]
Last night was hard and the text below is from a personal diary entry I wrote because this morning I feel very compelled to share not just the fun holiday snaps but the times when I feel nothing like the smile you see in case it helps anyone at all to see that no one […]
This isn’t going to be a long post because let’s face it who wants to be on their laptop when you’re on a white sandy beach in Mexico but I realised after a week of being here that I hadn’t actually updated the blog to say I’m ok and I finally made it! To say […]
When I’ve talked previously about it will forever be Life Before and Life After I think what’s happened over the last few days is a perfect example of what exactly what I mean. About a week ago, I started to get a typical winter stuffy nose, stuffy head and feeling a little more wiped out. […]
6 weeks, 30 days, 28 different friends and family, 6 machine breakdowns, 1 Aessai blanket of love, 1 pair of personalised Love Specs, 1 Archie & Press badass postcard, 8 crystals, 2 necklaces, 1 bluetooth speaker and 1 warrior mask…. And with that my radiotherapy is over and out as quickly as it started. I […]
I have always been fiercely protective of giving honest accounts on this blog and to people I speak to of how I am feeling and what I’m experiencing during this whole life-changing sequence of events. To me this means baring both the light, dark and in-between moments. So when this weekend during a stunning fun […]
I am now officially in week 3 of radiotherapy and week 5 of chemotherapy. Obviously I know it doesn’t mean anything medically but the fact I’ve so far had no side effects at all is pretty bloody incredible. It’s been so good in fact that I’ve been living a totally normal life apart from the […]
Yesterday I had my first radiotherapy treatment of which the anticipation of how it would go and how I would feel for the 6 week duration, was extreme. Last week my anxiety was at one of the highest it’s ever been and I completely convinced myself that those 6 weeks were going to written off […]
It’s pretty difficult to describe these last few days. The chemotherapy itself has been completely and utterly ok as so far I’ve had no side effects I can tell of. Please remember however I am only on day 4 and these things are mostly cumulative over however many cycles/months you are doing so we really […]