A trip with triple negative breast cancer

  • First Anniversary

    I have never been a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. Overpriced roses and overpriced restaurant meals. Plus I am lucky to have been in a stable and loving relationship for almost all of my adult life. Therefore it didn’t really bother me when...
  • Recovery - 6 weeks on - what a difference 2 weeks makes

    In the last week or so, it’s like a switch has been flicked. I have got my energy back. I have got my zest for life back. I suddenly want to try out new recipes or go out. I have restarted running. I am booking rugby tickets and weekends away. ...
  • Recovery - 4 weeks on

    Tomorrow will be 4 weeks since my last piece of planned treatment, and co-incidentally the anniversary of the mammogram that started it all off. I have had a wide area excision and sentinel node biopsy, 4 rounds of EC chemo, 12 weeks of Paclitaxel, 5...
  • 2022 Year in Review

    Given it’s the time of year when people produce lists of favourite films, TV shows etc, I thought I would create a list review of my cancer treatment. In the time honoured way of starting with the one I least liked, and moving onto the one I mo...
  • Microwave Ablation of liver lesion

    I had the final step of my current treatment plan yesterday - a liver biopsy followed by microwave ablation of the lesion.  The consultant interventional radiologist who was going to do the operation wanted me to be in hospital as an in patient ...