One Life Live It

  • 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...
  • Zometa #2

    I successfully fitted in treatment and travel this week. Bloods on Monday, then trips to London and Belgium, coming back late last night on the Eurostar just in time for Friday treatment! The private healthcare is a huge benefit in that I can be pret...