Well, I certainly didn’t think I’d be writing anytime soon but I just had to share the amazing news I received this morning by email. We are now in New Zealand, it’s rained and it’s rained but today, even though we woke again to another rainy morning, the metaphorical sun shone all its glory whenContinue reading “Happy Christmas News!”
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Finally – My Scan Results…am I cancer free or not?
It feels like forever since I wrote my last blog. It was in fact 7th August, the week before we headed to our family summer holiday to Croatia. Fast forward 4 months and I find myself sitting at my kitchen table, 29th November 2022, the day before the results of my most recent mammogram andContinue reading “Finally – My Scan Results…am I cancer free or not?”
Hormone Treatment Decision
This feels like quite a poignant blog to write. Twelve months ago on the 8th August 2021, I wrote my first blog about my diagnosis. Tomorrow, I will take my blue matt and wear my green anti-slip socks for the last time. Radiotherapy finishes 9:30am tomorrow morning and next Wednesday will be my last oxygenContinue reading “Hormone Treatment Decision”
Debrief with Surgeon
Apologies about the photo but I thought some of you might like to see the scar post op. It’s not a bad case of hairy arm pits – I promise! I actually braved having my pits waxed for the first time before surgery to avoid this exact problems – that was a super painful experienceContinue reading “Debrief with Surgeon”
Meeting the plastic surgeon…
So being home with the kids over the Easter holidays has certainly kept me busy since my last appointment with Mr Kasem – when he informed me that of the two lymph nodes he pulled out, one had macro metasticised. Since then, Hamish left for New Zealand on April 1st and I’ve been keeping theContinue reading “Meeting the plastic surgeon…”
The Operation…
This photo is one taken by my daughter, Ava, on the eve of my 51st birthday! And I felt happy, healthy and content. Today, is the day of my surgery. The day that has always been, in my mind, a day that I would reach one day in the future. And, all of a sudden,Continue reading “The Operation…”
Lucky me!
Sorry for the radio silence but we finally made it on holiday and only returned from Mexico Saturday gone! 10 full glorious days of sunshine and much needed “r & r” and several pina coladas later. It took a metaphorical mountain or two to climb to get there and the challenge of Covid and twoContinue reading “Lucky me!”
Looking for the positives…
These last 7 days have been particularly hard to live through. Our children caught covid, had to self isolate in their rooms and were back on the homeschooling. Hamish and I were desperate to try and keep a safe distance from the kids but it is, of course, difficult living all under the same germ-infectedContinue reading “Looking for the positives…”
What 2 weeks after EC looks like….
It’s been good having a week off from my regular weekly chemotherapy and, I guess in a way, also having a week off from writing my blog. I feel I have a responsibility to write useful and interesting content, especially as there are so many of you taking the time to read it. And, whilstContinue reading “What 2 weeks after EC looks like….”
Cycle 1 – EC Chemo
The week has finally arrived. The week that I’ve been most nervous about because this is the week I have my first cycle of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide. I was told at my first oncology appointment that this would be “the tough one” and the one that if my hair hadn’t fallen out after Pacliataxel thenContinue reading “Cycle 1 – EC Chemo”
The ‘C’ Diaries 