I'm too old for triple neg

  • Shrinking/shrinkage

    This word comes up frequently in the breast cancer world I now inhabit !! I was musing on it - these are my thoughts. So in therapy terms we pray for shrinkage from chemo. If we're chemo pre surgery we hope for the cancer to shrink so the surgery...
  • Girly stuff

    Having been overweight all of my life, I've become very good at the art of disguise. Covering up lumpy bits, smoothing out bumpy bits, shading and shadowing triple chins, highlights, low lights, lycra, draping, suck it in pants I'm a pro. I&...
  • End of week

    So summary of end of 1st whole week post diagnosis !!! Positives - whole body CT all clear for extra hidden nasties                        - dont need to stop beloved HRT as cancer is not ho...
  • Holes made 2, amazing HCP's 3 = a good day

    Managed to arrange 3 appointments for today. Didn't sleep again so a bit bedraggled before i started. Big wardrobe choice as breast investigations and likely trans vaginal USS. Decisions decisions,  quick remove top, easy remove bottoms, soc...
  • The beginning- me me me !!!

    So, this is me, as the song says. 60 years old (likes to behave younger), midwife,  nurse, wife to lovely husband,  2 kids, 30 year old twins. Semi retired lives in South East, very fortunate with support systems,  income etc. Ive been...