Firstly I want to thank Macmillan - no, this isn't an Oscars speech, it's genuine gratitude. For if I'd never joined the Online Community I would never have met the most amazing people in the real world and we wouldn't have put together the projects we have. So thank you !!
Annabel's Angels is blooming and Simon, Shelley and I haven't stood still for weeks it feels. We have teams for Race for Life in London, Bath, Derby, Aberdeen, Folkestone, Norwich, Kings Lynn, Middlesborough and Worksop - apologies if I have missed any. It's inspiring that we have more and more women wanting to join us and signing up for the walk/run events. We've got t-shirts designed and wristbands and all proceeds are going to Annabel's Hospital in Derby.
This spurned us on and was the inspiration for Adventures Beyond Cancer - Cancer can feel at times to debilitate and stifled what we were before diagnosis, that our diagnosis limits us, crushes our motivation or confidence. And yet here we are newly post treatment and filled with enthusiasm to share with like minded people, new friends and willing to try out new things. After chemo & rads windsurfing isn't so scary lol
We suddenly realised that we could try things and share things with others, and develop an online directory of events and also arrange events so that people could network and try new things, whilst rebuilding confidence in those early months post treatment when you are discovering who the new you is.
Are you interested in an adventure ? Come and find us !!
So here I am a week past rads - burnt and crispy and rising like a Phoenix from the ashes ...I'm bursting with joy though, the past 2 months has been exhilarating, sure I'm not quite my 100 mph pre diagnosis self - maybe 85 mph but isn't that great ? Did I ever think I would regain this speed when I was struggling to regain my breath walking like a tortoise ? Please note though I'm not my former self, I'm aware of my brakes and how I need to slow down at times and how the side effects sneak out of nowhere. So we work around them, climb over them , push them aside and carry on
Here's to making the days count !!
