A new treatment • I am now on a drug form of chemotherapy which I take at home and don’t have a pump fitted. • the side effects are very similar to the drugs I have had before so not expecting anything drastic • I am so thrilled to be in this position to have another lot of chemo • the nay sayers putting me down with talk of ‘well it is your third line’ have no idea how blessed…
Back again… After five weeks off treatment (yes it’s as scary as it sounds!) we are back at the hospital to hear the next lot of treatment plans • that is the not so scary bit. Because when you have a plan you can beat or fight anything! • cancer takes so much away from you, but one of the worst things is that it takes away any kind of control • therefore I am gaining back my land (that…
So what’s happening in my world at the moment… as ever it’s a whole mixture of things from stresses at work to fun with the girls! Life often brings highs and lows and in the middle of it all cancer really doesn’t care if you are finding life easy or hard. On reflection I have decided to find that joy in the midst of it all, whilst understanding that you don’t always have to be smiling. At the moment I…
A mixed bag • so I finally have the exact measurements of each tumour in my currently imperfect body • A mixed bag could mean so many things, a mixed bag of opinions, a mixed bag of sports results or a mixed bag of sweets. • it can mean different things to different people and ultimately depends on how you view it • We have a choice on how we view things • and boy is it easy to view…