WOW. I FEEL BRILLIANT. Over the moon. Ecstatic. How many more words can I use to describe how I feel today? I have had the most horrendous 4 years of my life. It started in 2016 when my mum died suddenly in a freak accident. In 2017 my favourite aunt who was extremely special to me passed away 10 days after being diagnosed with cancer and my dad died of the prostate cancer he had been fighting for 3 years. In 2018 my beloved mother-in-law passed away after years of suffering and in March of 2019 my son and daughter-in-law deprived us of our wonderful grandchildren who we have not seen since. I did not think life could get much worse until September 2019 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. This had been one of the greatest fears of my life and I had to face up to it. I was forced to resign from a job I loved because of the side-effects and the emotional side of having cancer was far harder to deal with for me than the physical side. Macmillan Cancer Support were with me every inch of the way, through the radiotherapy and afterwards, offering well-being courses and emotional repair therapy. I just had to take on the Go Sober for October challenge to give something back and I am absolutely delighted that I have such wonderful friends and family who have supported me throughout this challenge and have donated to this very worthy cause. I would like to especially thank my darling husband who has not only supported me emotionally and physically but has also joined me for most of the month in the alcohol free challenge. My body feels healthier, I feel fitter and along with the exercise regime I have been following I have lost weight and feel happier and more fulfilled in my life. I cannot go back and amend the past four years but all I can say is that they have made me much stronger. Thank you Macmillan
WOW. I FEEL BRILLIANT. Over the moon. Ecstatic. How many more words can I use to describe how I feel today? I have had the most horrendous 4 years of my life. It started in 2016 when my mum died suddenly in a freak accident. In 2017 my favourite aunt who was extremely special to me passed away 10 days after being diagnosed with cancer and my dad died of the prostate cancer he had been fighting for 3 years. In 2018 my beloved mother-in-law passed away after years of suffering and in March of 2019 my son and daughter-in-law deprived us of our wonderful grandchildren who we have not seen since. I did not think life could get much worse until September 2019 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. This had been one of the greatest fears of my life and I had to face up to it. I was forced to resign from a job I loved because of the side-effects and the emotional side of having cancer was far harder to deal with for me than the physical side. Macmillan Cancer Support were with me every inch of the way, through the radiotherapy and afterwards, offering well-being courses and emotional repair therapy. I just had to take on the Go Sober for October challenge to give something back and I am absolutely delighted that I have such wonderful friends and family who have supported me throughout this challenge and have donated to this very worthy cause. I would like to especially thank my darling husband who has not only supported me emotionally and physically but has also joined me for most of the month in the alcohol free challenge. My body feels healthier, I feel fitter and along with the exercise regime I have been following I have lost weight and feel happier and more fulfilled in my life. I cannot go back and amend the past four years but all I can say is that they have made me much stronger. Thank you Macmillan