Facing the future: Together

  • June 2023 over three years since original diagnosis

    If you have never been in this position, it is truly difficult to get your head around the miracle that is Dal,  created by the outstanding work of our NHS, Cancer Research Teams and sheer determination. 

    It was May 2020 when we had our lives targeted by a horrible diagnosis and a life-limiting prognosis, of between 4 and 12 months... a lot has happened in that time, an adventure that has led us down different paths, and…

  • New Trial Treatment - March 2024

    The New Trial Treatment started on March 1st,   

    The last three months have been extremely difficult, mostly due to the not knowing, or due to Dal's concerns that he felt as if he was waiting and waiting on next steps... We really didn;t have any option other to wait. 

    The new hospital is very different to the old hospital, this highlighted to me that it is so difficult to give guidance or advice on treatment, as even…

  • February Already! Dal's Journey continues

    I just wanted to drop in, it is important for me to remind myself why I started this blog and why writing something down every now and then ensures that as the weeks and months pass, something holds for me all the smaller memories that slip aside to make room for other things

    Dal continues on his Herceptin Maintenance treatment, bloods every other week, and then treatment a few days later.  

    Oncologist is very happy with…

  • Mid October 2022 Already !!

    Camping was great, Dal the superman put up our tent and pottered around, a slight cough but overall not too bad. He took his antibiotics and just got on with it... That was a while ago now wasn't it 

    Sorry for my delay in updating, Dal had his scan in September and the mass on his lung has decreased  but he needed further antibiotics to make sure it clears up. He has had a cough on and off through most of the past…

  • Sad update on Brother-in-Law

    After a brief but brave fight with secondary liver failure, Dal's brother Mark passed away at 5am on 15/05/2021 I am so grateful that his fight enabled all of the my children to attend their Grandad's funeral on the 13th, Mark battled hard and made that possible. 

    Only two dedicated people had been allowed in to see him at the hospice, my mother in law and my second youngest daughter, sadly on the morning of his…