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Latest blog posts

• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Sunday 24th March 4th day post 2nd Paclitaxel

  Slept a bit better lastnight, but still woke up several times during the night.  The constipation has really hit today, even after all the things I took yesterday. I took more laxido, tried to eat a wholemeal crumpet but couldn't finish it. ...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• WJ grade 3 Astrocytoma cdkn 2a/b non-deleted

  Sun 24/3/2024 Balance

  Been having some inner ear or balance stuff going on. Only minor but enough for me to stop and think before I cart wheel. Probably the chemo. Sickness has gone but poor sleep is back

  W J over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Saturday 23rd March 3rd day post 2nd Paclitaxel

  Went to bed early lastnight, well that was a big waste of time. I was still awake at 11.30 when hubby came up and I saw every hour and don't think I actually slept much in-between either.  When I looked in the mirror this morning my face was...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• Sunglasses in the Rain

  A Shared Breath

  

  Sunglasses over 2 years ago
• Sunglasses in the Rain

  To The Women (Written on & for International Women’s Day

  To the Nurse who sat beside me and helped me understand, there was still power in pressing “start”, with my own quaking hand. And the Nurse who shared witty tales of spiders above her bed, brightening dull chemo-ward evenings with laughte...

  Sunglasses over 2 years ago
• Sunglasses in the Rain

  The Same Red Chairs

  

  Sunglasses over 2 years ago
• Positive things about a cancer diagnosis?

  You are often pleasantly surprised when things aren't as bad as you expect them to be.

  I really don't mean to minimise anyone else's bad experiences (or my own), and I know a diagnosis of cancer is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone. But I have found, several times over the last few months, that my spirits have b...

  BrighterSide over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Friday 22nd March day 2 from 2nd Paclitaxel

  Started waking up just after 2am again but managed to snooze until just after 4 am.  Had a good day, went for a walk just over a mile this morning. I have had the start of face flushes this afternoon so took a antihistamine, I'm not running ...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago
• The tonsils have to go!

  Jigsaw falling into place

  It’s been a while since I last posted. Mainly because there’s only so much you can say about driving or being driven into hospital to be zapped. The journey became so monotonous that I could almost tell where we were on the journey with m...

  Coxey over 2 years ago
• My Journey on Paclitaxel

  Thursday 21st March day of 2nd Paclitaxel

  I slept fairly good lastnight and got up early this morning as a guy was coming to fix my main oven in the cooker. I plastered my make-up on ready to go for my Chemo. By 10am I hadn't received any calls saying it wasn't going ahead.  I had to dr...

  Alison218 over 2 years ago