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I like Anthony Wilson's comment that whatever we write it is never the same for someone else, but at least we can be honest survivors…. The cat being my greatest supporter!
The French say, “bon courage", the Swiss wished me all the best (invariably “good times”), but what should we wish most?
I'm trying to be outstanding in the "could've copped it" club,
I'd go and bake some biscuits, but we can't fix this with grub,
I'll write about the...
Because I lived in Brussels for a long time and because the health care system there empowers the patient more than in the UK, when I was diagnosed one of the options I considered was going back there to be treated. The reason I did not go for it was simply practicalities - where to stay, how to deal with being away from family (I have 2 children in school here in Wales), etc.
However, comparing treatments available has thrown up some interesting things, such as low level laser therapy (LLLT) which...
I was treated for bowel cancer last year (for a total of 14 months). It entailed overall 7 months of chemo (5 weeks of this also included radio therapy) as well as surgery to both my bowel and liver. The last cycle was 4th Feb this year (2015). For the last 2 months I have REALLY been struggling with chemo brain where I genuinely feel like I am going mad!. I cannot retain any new information and generally in daily life and at work don't think I 'get it' at all anymore!. Can anyone else out there...
Me and my dad Mike clash a lot. He’s so stubborn in his old age. He’s partially deaf in one ear and it drives me crazy having to repeat myself all the time! He doesn’t have much patience, but then neither do I. He’d never admit this, but I think we are very alike.
I want to say thank you to him for looking after me when I had cancer. He already looked after my mum at home 12 years earlier and then she died. That must have been so difficult.
I felt so guilty when I was diagnosed...
I've been awake for past 3 and a half hours with my mother who is (I'm told) in the finally stages of her illness. I realise that this could continue for weeks, months or longer and this makes me feel weary.
As my mother has been awake for so long I assume that something is wrong. She's not in distress, but can not communicate so I'm finding it hard to understand what she needs. I've tried to adjust her pillows, massage her legs and she has had more to drink in the past few hours than she...
Since my last blog I have been busy trying to wrap my head around the unwrapable. The unfathomable.
I have cried enough tears to warrant my very own hydro electric dam, I might as well save the planet into the bargain eh?
I now need to put things in place that mean I have a lasting legacy for our children and for A.
Following posting my last blog post an amazing thing has happened. I posted it in a group that I have been in on Facebook since I had the boys. A sling group. Full of ladies who carry their...
15.6.15 Start to a new week and I've been making plans. From my first blog you may remember I have been suffering from mobility problems following radiotherapy to my spine. I am just starting the second week from the treatment and still have a weak left leg so I'll be asking about this at my appointment with the oncologist today. I really think some physio sessions will help. I've been resting loads but getting outside and moving about yesterday seemed to improve my confidence and I was doing much...
I am writing this after one of the hardest days of my life.
It is breakfast time and I am eating while I feel able. The boys are wandering around my feet scoffing pain au chocolat, in their world all is well.
Yesterday I sat in a clinical white office with all the trappings of sick people and hospital in evidence and learnt the news that the Bastard had spread. It is in my bones. My pelvis to be precise. But probably also hiding away somewhere else but just not present on any scans yet. Sneaky fucker...
I was very excited to be included in the 3rd birthday celebrations of my gorgeous little grandson today.
He doesn't know about my brain tumour yet as he's too young to understand. His parents and I need to agree on the right time and words. However, he knows that I have lots of hats and sometimes wear a 'hair hat' ( my hair fell out during radio & chemotherapy treatment).
I feel that losing my hair and not being able to drive are the two hardest parts of this condition that I...
So, two weeks through my six week treatment course today.
I had a few admin hassles when I was transferred from one hospital to another, at my request, in the sense that the receiving hospital was a bit slow in putting things in place, for example physio for my mouth etc. There are still one or two little problems to iron out but my second review today was, I must say, of a nature that inspires much admiration for health care workers, especially in this field. These guys do a really difficult, demanding...
