One Life Live It

  • Early (cautious) Celebrations

    Remember the 56mm lump that started all this? Well, after 2 cycles of chemo, my MRI shows that said lump is now reduced to 11mm! Yes....you read that right, a whopping great reduction of 45mm!!!!  Apparently I have had a fantastic response to tr...
  • Blondes have more fun

    I had so much fun today, totally unexpected. I went in to my appointment with the wig lady with no real expectations, admittedly not very clear on what I wanted and certainly quite sceptical that I'd really use a wig that much, Jo and Dawn from Hair ...
  • And now it's visible!

    I thought I was prepared....from the lovely box of scalp cosmetics that my thoughtful team had sent, to the soft woollen hats my good friend knitted, I was ready. But.... I had under estimated something, the chemo hat, the bald head, now my cancer is...
  • So that's what shape my skull is!

    Well that was a bit of a let down to be honest.  The ever-increasing bald patches were beginning to annoy me, I needed a hat to go out, and even in the garden the risk of sun burn was too much and the fact that we were hoovering every day d...
  • Bloody Brexit

    No, it's ok, you are in the right blog!     So, someone told me that dark nail varnish was good for chemo patients as it gave better protection from UV light and would protect my nails.  I'm not a nail varnish person, so I started to h...