Feb 21, 2020 4 min Chemo is almost complete Chemo is a fickle and funny beast. Thanks to my half-way point scan back in December, I know it has been successfully ploughing its way t...
Jan 7, 2020 3 min Staying silent & hiding from social I’m back! It’s been a really long while since I posted a blog or anything on Instagram, but I’m finally getting back into the swing. I ha...
Nov 21, 2019 4 min A mouth ulcer put me in hospital A mouth ulcer caused an infection and gave me sepsis, such is the challenge and fun of chemo treatment
Nov 11, 2019 4 min Cancer, cancer treatment, and all this around it, sucks. Cancer anxiety. It doesn’t matter how positive we stay, how hard you focus, it creeps up. It brings sadness, jealousy, irrationality and ...
Nov 9, 2019 2 min My cancer is worse than yours & other arguments Yes, we go there. Because you’ve got to laugh! And awful dark humour is our coping mechanism. Deep, dark, witty, sarcasm has added levity...
Nov 8, 2019 3 min His ‘n’ Hers appointments & cancer teams We were back in the Western this week - but for Keith not me. We’re the couple who can tag team motherfucking cancer appointments. I mean...
Oct 30, 2019 4 min Scary cycle 1 of chemo complete, & it was... fine First cycle down. It’s felt like a long time coming, even though it’s only been a month. The day before, full of trepidation, I wanted ab...
Oct 27, 2019 3 min On Tuesday, I start treatment I was diagnosed with Cancer on the 1st October, and on Tuesday, 29th October, I start treatment. In this crazy month I’ve had a tonne of ...
Oct 26, 2019 4 min No one tells you MRIs are *that* loud I am claustrophobic. Not can’t-breathe-in-lifts claustrophobic but just enough that I can panic in small spaces. Of all the pre-treatment...
Oct 19, 2019 3 min The Hygenist broke me With a fat lip, no feeling from my cheekbones to my chin, I cried fat tears in the car home. After this mad week of IVF, eggs, bloods and...
