Ramblings of a Bad Fairy

  • A grand day out ......

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    ….with sleeping bag and camping stove! 

    Well that’s what was intended for yesterday and that’s what I was going to write about but it didn’t quite go as planned, no surprises there then! It wasn’t really a camping trip or anything half as exciting or even exotic, it was a day trip to the hospital. A weird day thanks to the bank holiday messing up the usual schedule.

    A normal week would…

  • Cannula Queens.....

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    ….and Fairy Godmothers. 

    Everyone needs a Fairy Godmother. I’ve got a special one and I’m not sharing because she also has hidden talents.

    Not only is she completely loopy, absolutely hilarious in her observations on life and the most naturally caring individual you could know, she can ….wait for it…..cannulate!

    Having weekly chemotherapy means a twice weekly prodding of the veins…

  • Feeling guilty ....

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    …..for being quiet and grumpy!.

    Bad Fairies aren’t known for being quiet so sometimes we have to put a bit of practise in and that‘s what I‘ve been doing.

    The past three weeks have been very busy in the Bad Fairy house, school holidays, meeting up with an old school friend, parents visiting and parents staying. All very lovely and thoroughly enjoyable but here’s the rub. I hate admitted that…

  • Comments ....

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    …… thank you.

     

    A little interruption to the usual flow of the blog. I’d like to say thank you to all of you that read my ramblings and most importantly to everyone who has posted a comment, on the blog, on the Macmillan site and elsewhere, along with all of the lovely emails.  Macmillan needs a s special mention, keeping in mind how much all of you are also dealing with in your own lives.

    Your…

  • Toxic burps....

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    FormerMember

    ..….how to clear a room in an instant! 

    Have you ever stood in a queue and just wished that everyone in front of you would miraculously disappear? I have, I’m not the most patient of shoppers at the best of times, shopping fights for the prized last place on the to-do list with housework. I now have a secret weapon which clears an aisle/bar/queue in an instant!

    The Toxic Burp. It’s a rather rank and putrid…