One Life Live It

  • Seriously, you lost my blood test!

    It's the hectic week before Christmas and everyone is cramming in last minute meetings at work. I just got home from 4 weeks working overseas, so my evenings are spent writing cards, packing presents, baking Christmas cake and soaking fruit for the C...
  • Cancer at Work

    There's something very satisfying in the simple act of knowing you've helped someone else and I had the chance to do this on Wear It Pink Day, as a guest panelist on a webinar discussing supporting employees with cancer. My co-panelist works for an o...
  • Needles and Pins……

    Needles and pins, pins and needles…..either way, there's been an annoying tingling, fizzing, sometimes slightly painful and very intermittent “thing” going on in my upper outer thigh. As I've said before, every twinge cause...
  • 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 ...