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Latest blog posts

• DavidG66

  Update 9 April

  Chemo update: this is my last session for a while. The side effects this past week have not been nice. Apart from an odd rash on my hand, and, I've discovered, under my dressing, my mouth has felt as though I've gargled with boiling water. Re...

  DavidG66 over 5 years ago
• Mummy’s poorly, let’s get her better

  Has the chemo worked? Moving on to level 2

  It felt very odd this week, I didn’t have my usual chemo appointments booked but I still felt the same as I was still suffering the tiredness and other affects from my last session last week. However on Wednesday I made may way to the hospital ...

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• Draw

  Looking down

  Whenever I look down at my breast I try to imagine what they will look like when the left one is gone but I just can’t. How will it feel to only have one breast? I now have a date for surgery, the 14th May but I don’t feel ready. 

  Former Member over 5 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Lockdown Easing, I'm Shielding

  It's official, the NHS have written and told me I am Clinically Extremely Vulnerable. Everyone else is celebrating the easing of lockdown, making plans to go to the pub and organising get togethers and here I am, immunosuppressed with 15 more weeks o...

  Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Work, Walk and Wine

  They say that those who exercise before and through chemo manage much better.  In the last 10 months, since last summer, I have managed to lose almost 20kg in weight and, thanks to my walking buddy (a colleague in work) I am walking about 10km a...

  Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Side Effects

  Chemo Cycle 1: Day 4 Well that hit me with a vengeance this morning, nausea and heartburn, just out of nowhere as soon as I woke!  The past 2 days I walked my normal 8-10km a day and was a bit tired and restless but generally ok, so this mornin...

  Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Chemo Cycle 1

  Lump +39 (23 March) Not nervous or anxious at all, no butterflies in my stomach, feeling perfectly fine. Loads of kind messages from fabulous friends, family and colleagues, all of which gives me a lot of energy. There are 4 big comfortable seats in ...

  Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  Planning For Chemo

  Lump Day +27 (11 March) The oncologist is so confident the CT scan will be clear that we had a long phone call appointment to order to brief us for the treatment.  After 90 mins on the phone my head was scrambled with a whole new language. Basic...

  Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
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  One Life Live It

  I Found a Lump

  Sorry to disappoint those who thought this was a Landrover blog, I really wish I was writing about a road trip but instead I find myself in the unexpected position of blogging about my journey having had a breast cancer diagnosis. Let's rewind to 12t...

  Irishgirl16 over 5 years ago
• My husbands 3rd brain tumour journey

  Waiting! And waiting!

  The waiting is the worst bit right? Its been two weeks now hes been told he needs surgery and we are waiting for a consultation with the neurologist to determine when this might be. But we're stuck in this no mans land of not knowing anything. n...

  joanne333 over 5 years ago