Spindrift Summer

2nd op results tomorrow.

2022-10-27T10:17:00Z

I haven't been on MacM site for a while. I had a further margins op on october 7th, postponed from sept 1st due to covid. I've been trying to get on with life, hoping it's all clear and knowing i've a now 7 week healing wait before ra...(read more)

Post op panel. Not quite finished.

2022-08-02T16:51:00Z

Still working on.(read more)

Textile Panel. Not quite finished.

2022-08-02T16:47:00Z

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The Next Stage.

2022-08-02T16:41:00Z

Sorry i've not been about or got my pics sorted. I've had my surgery and family time and today i've just had a seroma drained and sent away for testing for in fection. My boob wound is fab but node wound is icky. We had to reschedule a we...(read more)

Creative procrastination.

2022-07-06T16:25:00Z

I've almost finished my panel representing my tree of life with Bernard blip and some of the lovely words of support i've received.(read more)

Wobbly day.

2022-06-27T20:14:00Z

Beginning to dwell on getting op date today. In itself not a bad day, everyone needs a bad one. Can't maintain sunny positivity and gratitude all the time. I know that they'll test my lymph nodes when under, with the dye. I know they'll r...(read more)

I did it!!!

2022-06-23T17:35:00Z

Today i swam without wetsuit for 30 minutes!!! When i got in i thought i'd last five! Getting in was pretty brutal but within minutes i was loving it!! Three if us were swimming, tomorrow morning tg 'll be five of us swimming along, hopefully...(read more)

Taking the plunge.

2022-06-19T15:38:00Z

Today i'm going to swim in swimsuit not wetsuit for first time!! It's lightly raining. Tourists are wearing coats with hoods up!! The others are mainly swimming in swimsuits now but i'm new this spring. I will have diving gloves and boots...(read more)

Creating since diagnosis.

2022-06-17T13:37:00Z

Although i keep my day to day life as positive as possible, keeping Bernard out of my thoughts. I want to create something that represents him in the whole that is my life. Something in textiles, something vaguely representing tree of life and positi...(read more)

Bernard has been busy.

2022-06-15T14:44:00Z

I just got my next lot of results back. Bernard is ER+ and HER2, grade 2 invasive. He's been invading the duct wall too. So i will be having dye injected to check nodes during surgery and chemo if they show positive at all. I know this post isn&...(read more)

Pre Op

2022-06-13T13:18:00Z

Back again. I had my pre op earlier. Over at the smaller, older, easier to get lost in hospital. I met another absolutely wonderful nurse. NHS breast cancer staff seem to be truly the loveliest people ever!!! The info pack i came away with is amazing...(read more)

Bernard the Blip

2022-06-12T16:33:00Z

On May 25th i was diagnosed with dcis, breast cancer. Found during 1st routine mammogram, just after moving house and area. Thankfully the mammogram lorry was waiting for me when i moved; i was told it wouldn't have been found the previous year. ...(read more)