June 20 2019
Five weeks later there are a lot of people in the consulting room again and I am pitched into the dark again as I’m told that the PET/CT shows an 8mm hotspot and they need to biopsy but everybody tries to reassure me that they have...
May 16 2019
Two weeks pass and life begins to reappear somehow.
I have an appointment to see Dr Banner in four weeks time. It seems a lifetime since I saw him. I forget what he looks like.
I have been plagued with nausea from week three. I suspect it...
February 28 2019
I have to add a few words about support here:
The MacMillan nurses have been absolutely stupendous in propping me up. Both teams at the Singleton and in Carmarthen have been exceptional in their care.
My brilliant daughter, Cat, has ...
February 13 2019
December
Treatment
I can’t stress how important it is to keep well.
Radiotherapy will make you tired, very tired. You have to rest and let your body cope.
The cancer is going to take a year out of your life.
Control the pain. A...
November 30 2018
August
Believe in your body and in your second sense. Usually if you know there is something wrong there is…trust me; women are particularly good at this.
My GP couldn’t appreciate much to see but at my insistence he arr...
