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Earlier on today, my Nan was diagnosed with womb cancer.

I knew that it was a possibility but after me having cancer, I didn't really think that it would happen to anyone else in my family. I don't think that it's hit me yet really, it's weird. It brings back a lot of memories of the time I was diagnosed, Nan came over and handed me the ring binder (which is the exact same colour, size. etc as I got given) and I opened…

I haven't wrote a blog post for ages....have a feeling this will be a long one lol. Everything with me cancer wise is fine, I am still having regular check ups (every 8 weeks) and when I went last week my consultant said my left vocal chord still has some swelling there but he's pretty sure that it's scar tissue, which has replaced the healthy tissue that was there before the tumour grew. I went for an ECG earlier…

I met Mel on the macmillan share forums in 2007. Sadly, she passed away on 11th May 2008 from non-hodgkins lymphoma. I never got to meet Mel in person but we used to chat online until the early hours talking about food mainly (thank you steroids, haha), she was the first person to recommend lots of good head wear to me! Anyway, Mel wrote an online blog while she was was going through her treatment, her Dad (Ian) also…

Hi there, I just want to tell you all about a volunteer organisation called Chemo Angels. Basically, you sign up (if you are having treatment) and you get assigned a chemo angel and they send you little cards, notes and sometimes gifts to cheer you up. Every week I would get a card (and sometimes a gift) from my chemo angel. It really, really did cheer me up and it gave me something to look forward to. My chemo angel…