Cancer, Me and Them

  • Birthdays, Bags and London

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello readers!

    Sorry been a while since I updated you on progress.  Things have been a bit quiet until the last few days so I thought I would do a blog after my trip to London for my second opinion but now I have lots to talk about so war and peace it is....

    We have had a busy few days with important dates here, July is a busy month, Mr H and Little Miss H have birthdays within two days of each other.  Then on the 22nd…

  • Post Chemo and Mental Struggles

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    It has been a few days since my most recent chemo session so I thought a short update might be due?

    This time the chemotherapy seems to have been just right, I had all the anti sickness medication available that was supposed to be and I for one was extremely grateful for it.  It has made all the difference to my mood.  I had been worrying, how was I going to physically drag myself through six cycles of what I had already…

  • Wills, Consultants & Charity

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello readers,

    What have I been up to?  Well high in the agenda this week has been paperwork and putting affairs in order.  That is the official wording for writing my will.

    Who writes their will at 37 knowing it will be enacted in the not too distant future?  Not many I hope. I had been thinking about writing a will anyway as an adult thing to do but little did I think I would be writing it because I HAD to.  A long standing…

  • The Quiet Times

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi all,

    It is one am here.  I am still up.  I often am at this time of day.  It is the quiet times that get me.

    I am struggling to process this mentally.  I know there are cancer patients like me who have and are able to go forward with great positivity and know that they are fighting this disease all the way.  I want to be like that I really do.  But I am struggling.

    I have no real hope to cling to.  Obviously I have my family…

  • Positivity Rules!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello dear readers.

    Since my last post my emotions have settled a little but inevitably I still break down on occasion.  I cannot help it.  Often this is when I am faced with the stark reality of my disease, this cancer.  This is when the Macmillan nurse comes or the district nurse or the health visitor.  All these people want to help me, they are sad for me.  I get that.  I do.  But I don't want them here.  I don't like what…