niccy's blog

New Year New Start

2010-12-28T18:45:01Z

Well as the new year looms so does the emotion and drama of our first chance at having a baby. Following my hysterectomy for cervical cancer we thought all was lost with having our own family but friendship has shone down on us and we are about to embark on a truely amazing journey with our friend being a surrogate mum for us.

I start the IVF drugs tomorrow and I have no idea what the future holds for me and my husband and our friend plus her family but I am positive that 2011 will be an amazing year full of joy and happiness.

I wish everyone in the community a Happy New Year and all the love and happiness they and their families deserve.

I am doing 100 things to raise money for Macmillan in 2011 for the centenary and to ensure people who suffer from cancer in any way are given the best possible care, information and support. I started my training for the Grindleford Gallop (21 miles across peak district) and Edinburgh Marathon today and hope to raise tonnes of money to ensure Macmillan goes from strength to strength in years to come.

Happy New Year xxxx

Home after surgery

2009-06-02T18:51:29Z

I'm home after a hysterectomy. They couldnt save my fertility but I am glad now that they have hopefully removed all the cancer. I get my results of the lymph nodes and margins on Friday and get to have my catheter out! It was pretty awful surgery (key hole is great in the long run but the short term wind pain if awful). I am not sure how I got through the 1st 24 hrs but I did and I was allowed home after 48 hrs (stubborness). Today - 5 days after surgery - I am finally feeling a bit better. Less pain and discomfort. My mum, dad and husband have been amazing as have all my other friends and family who all think I am making amazing progress. I feel quite positive and more determined than ever to beat this cancer. Still find it hard to believe its happened to me.

Waiting

2009-05-16T09:12:06Z

I've just had my MRI, Chest X-Ray and Bloods and now I am waiting again. Its this bit that is more exhausting than anything else. I just want to know what is going to happen. Will I have my fertility saved or won't I? I feel scared when I am positive, guilty when I forget, angry when I remember and lonely when I think. Everyone has told me to stay positive and I know they are right but it's hard when your future happiness and chances of a family are drifting..... I know I will get through this because I am strong and I have so many people who love and care for me but it doesn't make it easy.....