One Life Live It

  • Nobody talks about hair regrowth

    Ok, so I've been enjoying my wig for about a year now. It's shoulder length, blonde and I absolutely love wearing it.  But……my real hair is growing back, and is now at the stage where it's too long for the wig to be com...
  • One year on….

    Exactly a year ago today I didn't sleep, I felt sick, I cried, I hugged my husband and I didn't know what to do. I'd just been for my check up (having found a lump) and the consultant called to tell me he was pretty certain I had breast c...
  • The days are getting longer, summer's coming

    It's a strange thing, living with cancer. On one hand, I feel like life is normal (well, apart from the dodgy hair regrowth, but that's another story) yet on the other hand, the treatment never stops. I feel fully fit, back at work with a vengeance a...
  • A little less wise

    Toothache….you know, you try to ignore it, but it niggles away, wakes you in the night and eventually the painkillers don't help and you end up at the dentist. I shouldn't have toothache. I'm on bisphosphonates and I had my dental check up 4 m...
  • Radiotherapy 10 weeks on

    Radiotherapy finished almost 11 weeks ago and my boob is still lumpy, swollen and tender. Occasionally there's a tingling sensation, not painful but certainly some discomfort from time to time. Depending on who you ask, apparently this can go on ...