When my timehop reminded me that this time last year I hadn’t even finished my chemo it made me realise how quickly things can change, for the better and for the worse. Read more
It’s been over a year since the whole cancer journey started and I’m aware I haven’t blogged for a while. In fact, last time I wrote a blog I was struggling to get my head around chemo finishing and how to get my life back on track. Read more
It’s a time when things are supposed to be better. But they’re not, they might actually be worse. While everyone around me is jubilant that I’ve finished chemo and am back to ‘normal’, I’ve got a whole new host of demons in my head to contend with. Read more
My contribution to the Stand up to Cancer care package for Don't Buy her Flowers! Read more
No more chemo, just zolodex, zoladronic acid and 10 years of tamoxifen. Should be a breeze right?? Well turns out maybe not. The aim of the Zolodex and tamoxifen is to lower my estrogen levels so it can’t fuel any remaining cancer cells. Effectively what it is doing is putting me in the menopause. At 36. Read more
Finishing chemo had been a bit of an anti-climax as I didn’t really know when I was finished. The infusions were done but how long would the side effects last? They could last a few days, a few weeks or even months so there was no definitive end date. It just all fizzled out. Read more
Final round. Last one Finito Read more
My appointment about my follow up care. I left feeling positive that not only was tomorrow my last chemo session but that if the cancer tries to come back it’s going to have a pretty tough job! Read more
Chemo round 5 has been and gone. And after the problem child of round 4, round 5 was the perfect second child (by coincidence I am also the second child in my family….) Read more