Three months ago I wrote a blog that detailed the final stretch of my cancer treatment, and how I was feeling so much better. And I was....

A year ago - 18 July 2023 - I found a lump. The day after my birthday. The following 12 months have been weird, excessive, tearful and...

Time is a healer...it's not that I am fully better but the difference between now and 12 April when I last left my top class...

It's nearly a month since my last blog, which in turn means it is close to six weeks since I have been in hospital as a patient. I've...

Let's start with the good. I had an appointment with my Surgeon to obtain the results from pathology. When the surgeon removed the...

It seems my Spring analogy in my previous blog was a touch too positive. And there I was watching my hair grow thinking that we had...

Twelve days post-surgery and everything is looking good. The wound dressing was removed after a week to reveal scars much bigger than I...

When I say "on the home run" I mean eventually. I was told back in August 2023 that this was a programme of treatment that would last for...

It's like I have woken up in another universe and the last 26 weeks or so was another lifetime ago. Until I look in the mirror! The last...

This may take some time so bear with me. Following Cycle 7 my health again started to deteriorate. Nausea increased but I had further...

Unless of course you are a single, childless woman of a certain age who was effectively self employed for the last 10 years- ish! To be...

Two units of blood! They definitely made a difference. No longer dizzy. Definitely less breathy although the recent chemical infusion...

Since my last chemical infusion I have simply been unable to shake off the dizzy spells and the breathlessness that appears at the same...

I did think when the Cycles changed from weekly to every 3 weeks that my visits to the hospital would also diminish. But I have been 4...

I should start by saying that for the first time in months I am beginning to feel slightly better. The fatigue, in particular, has lifted...

So here we go again. As mentioned in the last blog, I am halfway through treatment and it has been a challenge at times. I thought the...

The chemo and immuno treatment is bad enough, but it is manageable. The thyroid and bloods issue is the thing that has kept me in...

I am a bit of a self do-er! Is that a word?? Anyway, what I mean is I have spent so much time having to just get things done by myself...

Another week and another set of tests that are just not what we wanted to see. Consistent blood tests are taken to ensure that there is...

It is a weird experience. Every week I wait in reception at BHOC (Bristol Haemotology and Oncology Centre) and see familiar faces. Most I...