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Open mind…
A special lady known to me,
Refused the boobs obligatory,
And chose a flat chest symmetry,
In place of bumpy mammary...
She's told breasts are a posh frock must,
And yet I reply, with disgust,
That silhouette is me, my life,
My possible, after the knife...
I have a friend who challenged the system by electing for a second mastectomy rather than breast reconstruction, and it wasn't easy to get consent. I think it is a clever decision, which might suit others...
Hey, I'm new to blogging, I'm matter of fact & no-nonsense. The description of this blog sums it up, really. Except it doesn't tell the whole story.
Back home 2 weeks now, feeling frustrated at not being able/allowed to do what I used to, i.e. to & from nearby Dumfries (25min on bus from home in Dalbeattie) to visit my mother, browse shops, pick up cheaper food etc, and volunteer for Oxfam. Still, now have something to focus on - radiotherapy for 6 weeks from 13 Aug.
The op...
Yesterday was session 2 of radiotherapy. I had asked for morning appointments and they've booked me in for 8am for virtually the rest of them which seemed like a less appealing option until I realised that it actually cut down the waiting by a ridiculous amount. There was still a lot of faffing on. I think it's just in a bit of an awkward place. That morning my name had apparently been changed to Christine. You can tell I wasn't all there, because I turned to Hairy and genuinely checked that Christine...
I was diagnosed with terminal, advanced stage 4 non-small cell Lung Cancer nearly two years ago. Leading up to this diagnosis I had been ‘fit and healthy’; I was playing sport and going to the gym two or three times a week. I walked my dog every day up a very steep hill and enjoyed very long walks in the Pennines and the Lake District. I had a great job, which I loved, and a very happy and stable family life.
About a year before my diagnosis, I started getting some pain in my right...
That lesser known Crowded House song.
Today has been a bit of a long day. I've seen the radiology band (there were 5 of them), the oncologist and the GP.
The GP was seen last and honestly I want harm to come to one of us after my most recent chat with him. How does a man who claims to be so caring get off with being such a condescending moron?! I probably need to explain a little but essentially he's been seeing me regularly for over a year because left unmedicated I'm a little unpredictable...
I ought to be asleep but apparently my brain thought better of that and decided lying awake thinking about the lymph nodes in my neck was infinitely more interesting. Radiotherapy starts in just under 6 hours so I ought to get some sleep but it's looking doubtful. People can survive, albeit in a really crazy hallucinating way without sleep for a fair while so I think I'm safe.
I'm hoping the lymph nodes in my neck haven't decided to get bigger because of the lymphoma and rather I've got...
