I said in the last entry that it was getting near the time to end this blog but the time didn't feel quite right then. Today the time is right.
It's been quite a week. Finally passed level 2500 Candy Crush Saga on Tuesday, quickly followed by level 1500 Candy Crush Soda a couple of days later.
Mum had to have a second operation on her skin cancer, but thankfully it went better than expected and hopefully that…
Well here it is. The day I'd been looking forward to for so long. 31st July 2018. I finished my treatment on 31st July 2013. So I've now completed my 5 years. I was expecting to have some feelings of relief or celebration, but strangely I don't really feel anything. It's just another day.
I'd always thought that today would mark the end of my cancer journey and draw a line under it all. Life's not that…
My regular readers will know that I sometimes use song titles for the titles of my blog posts. Today's entry is written especially for those who love "It's One Of Those Nights" and know the sad significance of today's date.
I was telling you in the last post about my friend and her breast cancer diagnosis. I can't keep calling her my friend but I want to protect her privacy. So I'll choose another…
Life has been really good since the last blog post. Thought I'd finally walked well away from all thoughts of cancer. Then I get a tearful phone call from a good friend who is in pieces because she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was so kind and supportive to me all through my treatment. So of course I now want to be there for her as much as I can. Not so sure how I'm going to cope though.
The practical…
I've been in such a very happy place since I decided to walk away from being a cancer patient. It feels like some sort of switch has been flicked in my head. For example I regularly bump into a lady who I know from my local cancer support group. I also know her from a book group but whenever I saw her I'd always thought that's the lady from the support group. Now when I see her I automatically think of her as the lady…
