Double C

  • Biopsy results are in!

    09/09/2021 (Credit: Cartoonstock) We had barely sat down when the oncologist told me, “you have a small cancer.” I didn’t cry, I didn’t weep or break down. Instead, I listened to him talk but felt removed. I remember glancing...
  • Breast clinic appointment: what happened...

    06/09/2021 (Credit: Chennai breast surgeon) Two weeks after my urgent referral, I was summoned to the breast clinic at Royal Alexandria Hospital in Paisley while William sat waiting in the car. Neither of us thought I’d be long.  A quick ...
  • It started with and itch - 'who ever thought it would come to this'

    17/08/2021 (Credit: The cradle rocks) To begin my blog, I thought it best to explain how my breast cancer story started. I first became aware of my lump in the wee small hours of Tuesday, 17 August 2021. I had stayed up late watching television when...
  • Bah Humbug!

    09 September 2021 On 09 September 2021 (five months before William’s diagnosis), my oncologist told me “you have a small cancer.” Those five words cemented the fact that the Humbug size lump nestled next to my right nipple wasn&rsq...
  • Where our cancer story begins

    Hi, I’m Fiona and this is my husband William. We’re both 50 years-old and share the same Zodiac sign, Libra. It would be ironic if it was Cancer because along with three children, four cats the marital home and bed, cancer is a disease t...