This thing is so all-encompassing, so overwhelming, that I sometimes wonder if this where my story begins. Yet I know it isn't, cause I'm 59. I had a life before this diagnosis, before breast cancer.
It was a happy life. A life I'd fought...
Update on my requested right side mastectomy. (Please see earlier post: Two Breasts. One Breast. None.)
I first discussed this with my oncologist, who saw no issue with it and referred me to discuss with my original breast surgeon.
My bre...
After my first round of chemotherapy. I had nausea for 10 days. The meds, domperidone, did not alleviate it one jot. Despite the general feeling of, everything in my body being topsy-turvy, I was able to get on with my daily activities. Though my ene...
I've lost count of the number of times I've been called brave, since I began this nightmare journey.
I'm always left deeply discomfitted. Even though I'm not sure why.
In the face of a bilateral breast cancer diagnosis...
Is it brave ...
They tried to make me go to radiotherapy. I said no! No! No!
In the weeks following my bilateral breast surgery, I waited to find out the verdict. Had the surgery managed to remove all of the cancer? Was there any spread to my lymph nodes? Had it spr...
