One Life Live It

  • Zometa #6 and Lowering Cholesterol

    When I started the zoledronic acid bone infusions I was told these would be for 3 years, so actually this would be my last one. But, as is common with breast cancer, treatment protocols change all the time, and now these are recommended for 5 years, ...
  • The Annual Trip to the Hospital

    I always face into my annual check up and mammogram with a level of trepidation and a fair few “what ifs…..” on the few days beforehand.  Normally I am able to compartmentalise my thoughts of recurrence risk, but as the check ...
  • Every Twinge……

    I woke up one morning on holiday a few weeks ago with a stabbing pain in my lower back. The “pre cancer me” would have chucked back some ibuprofen, rubbed some heat gel on it and not given it a second thought.  The “post cancer...
  • Breast Cancer Women's Association, Malaysia

    A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit BCWA in Kuala Lumpur. I was there with work and my local colleagues had done some fund raising for this charity and arranged the handover of these funds to coincide with my visit. Cancer remains a taboo ...
  • Is that a lump?

    Is that a lump? Is that a new lump? A different lump? The same lump that was there before? It feels different….I think……maybe……I really can’t tell anymore! This was me back in early December, when the area aro...