One Life Live It

  • The ongoing Hair Saga

    I've said it before, but I will say it again. No one talks about hair regrowth and quite honestly, for me it's an ongoing reminder, well as much of a reminder as the daily tablets, 6 monthly Zometa and annual check ups, but anyway….bac...
  • First Annual Check Up

    The examination with the breast surgeon took about 15 mins, the mammogram even less. Half an hour later a call, your mammogram is clear, and I exhaled the breath I hadn't realised I was holding. The annual check brings everything very much t...
  • It's on my mind

    Funny how things creep up on you and disturb the normal happy run of things again. Life is as busy as ever. I have a new job, we have partially relocated to Germany and are living between there and the UK and we've just come back from 10 days exp...
  • This time last year…..

    Gosh, where has the time gone? A year ago I had just finished the dreaded chemo and was psyching myself up for surgery. Now, a year on, between chemo fog and menopause brain (or perhaps just good old age forgetfulness) I can hardly remember the ...
  • Lymphoedema!

    It's official, I am exceptional! Most people have lymphoedema in the arm, I have mild lymphodema of the breast, as a consequence of the radiotherapy, so once again I am proving to be not so normal.  The very lovely nurse at the specialist cl...