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I didn’t keep a daily diary during my treatment for Breast Cancer. It wasn’t my intention at the time to blog about it all. But I did fill in the Macmillan Organiser book that...

I’ve been busy whilst I’ve been recuperating from having my Gallbladder removed, which has been slower that I’d have liked, but I keep being told I need to be a ‘patient patient’ again! So...

“I’m Fine”… It’s only 18 months since hospital treatment ended. I say only, because I was naive to think I’d be ‘fine’ a lot sooner. Fatigue, side effects from Tamoxifen, and most of all...

Where do I start. Ok let’s do it day by day.  I’ll keep it as short as I can. This week, I’ve spent most of it trying not to get anxious about my Gallbladder...

It’s about time I wrote about this. Timely actually.  As two years ago last week I went in for a second Wide Local Excision, to remove remaining cancer cells from the tumour I’d had...

Acupuncture After Cancer Treatment Acupuncture wasn’t something I EVER wanted to try in my life. Why would anyone want to voluntarily stick needles in their body?  And leave them in?? Apparently, it’s supposed to...

Twas the Friday Before Christmas And all through the ward Not a creature was stirring Just me who was bored… Read more here about my latest hospital stay.

  As I sit in my hospital bed, A million things going around in my head… This gallbladder thing Now has got worse, But cant whip it out Current drugs are the curse. Day...

On the day of my diagnosis, after the treatment plan was set, my Consultant Surgeon asked me if I would be interested in taking part in a clinical drugs trial before my surgery. Read...

Cancerversary.  Strange word that.  A negative-positive amalgamation of words. A celebration? A time for reflection? A time to ignore? A ‘cancerversary’ date means different things to different people. This past week, my God, my emotions...