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  • Blog Post: Life is a rollercoaster ...

    You know ... I used to say “ if only I could have a pound for every compliment I receive for them red shoes.” However, over the last few weeks it would be for each time someone has said to me “Go sh ... doesn't time fly ... where did that year go ...? ” These comments have...
  • Blog Post: Simply red ...

    My mother died 14 years ago, aged 53, of ovarian cancer. She had been diagnosed five years before ... but to be truthful the cancer had probably been there since her early forties, when she was a similar age to me. For a year or two they had said she was peri-menopausal and by the time they realised...
  • Blog Post: You are one in a million ...

    Well, actually I am not one in a million ... I am one in 28 million. What I am not sure about is whether that makes me more or less special ....? Last weekend saw the end of the Tour de France. Yes, I know what you are saying. “ Tour de France?! What is she on? " That it is up there with my...
  • Blog Post: Results

    Well my mum has seen her urologist and he has said that the operation went well and is pleased with mum's progress so far. Nothing unexpected was found and he has given us a pathology report of what was removed, descriptions, grading etc. The tumour is grade 3 with T3a Nx (which I think means...
  • Blog Post: 2 years

    Dad has just called me to say he has been told he had 2 years to live. I am determined to help him beat the ticking time-bomb!! xxx His story so far.... My dad is living with a brain tumour which until very recently was thought to be benign. It is now asuumed to be a higher grade. Today he is meeting...
  • Blog Post: You're as young as the woman you feel

    I have a confession to make. What another one, how many do you have? Well ... probably quite few ... but this one is about numbers. Now ... before your vivid imagination gets too excited ... I am talking about numeracy, mathematics, figures ... It is a kinda phobia that I have I had most of my life....