I had my appointment with the consultant last week. She carried out a full check up using the ultrasound and everything seemed fine so far.
Lots of dates to enter into my diary:
Mid January - return to work.
February - bone scan and check up with oncologist.
May - mammogram and ultrasound 1 year post diagnosis.
I am looking forward to returning to work in the new year. Emotionally, I feel more in…
I always wear nail polish on my toes, whatever the season so I may not have realised any change in appearance to the toe nails over the last few weeks. Recently, I have been experiencing pain in both my big toenails. It appears now that the toenail is lifting slightly from the nailbed. Although I did finish chemo quite a few weeks ago, apparently it is still in your system for a while and the effect on the nails at a…
Extract from 'The Cancer Survivor's Companion' (Dr F. Goodhart)
For most of the time you sail along weathering both the expected and unanticipated storms that occur in every life. Then, all of a sudden and without warning, the most horrendous storm blows up - much worse than any you have experienced before and completely unexpectedly. Your boat is tossed all over the place, you are lashed by rain and wind…
On some days, I find it tiring just walking up the stairs in my own house. I am getting plenty of sleep so I am not tired in that way but my legs ache heavily as I drag myself up the steps. These are the same stairs I am use to constantly running up and down without even thinking.
