It has been two months since I last posted. I have been going for my lymphatic drainage massages every Friday. I feel so blessed to be alive and well. This week will be my last session and I will miss the conversation I had with the specialist for that hour I am relaxing in her bed. Back at work things were not as I imagined but all will be sorted in time. When I was diagnosed I never felt like a victim and now after…
This week I managed to get 6 sessions of lymphatic drainage massage through NHS. People speak to your specialists as they can refer you. I was told NHS doesn't refer, my question was what happened to preventative treatment. I showed the results of me having these massages have saved me from pain and discomfort. Through these massages I had no problem with movement on both arms and will not develop Lymphodema on my arm…
Things do get better, this is my second week. I always tell myself, it is my responsibility to influence change around me. That is exactly what I have done. I stood up and fight for what I think is fair for me. I do not think is fair to treat people the same, these are individuals treat them so. Because I had cancer doesn't mean I am as vulnerable as a person next door. Talk to me to find out how I feel. I still don't…
This was my first week back. I am always prepared for anything as I don't expect anything. What I don't understand is when people think because you had cancer removed your brain went with it. It is very upsetting to find just after two months off sick your competence in a job you been doing for nearly twenty year is in question only because you had cancer removed. What is going on in this world, people have gone crazy…
When I was diagnosed last November, I did get puzzled for a minute but the look in my colleagues put me back and I new exactly what I will do. As a professional counselor I used my environment as a shield. I was so grateful that so many people who knows are worrying so I don't have to worry about it. On my first results I already made a decision to have double mastectomy. I didn't want any immediate reconstruction. As…
