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Latest blog posts

• Finding out I have the MSH2 pathogenic variant gene

  MSH2 gene at 22 years old

  Hi ‍ ..  I lost my Daddy back in 2017 I was 18 years old he had bowel cancer from his early 20s got his bowel removed and had a stoma, then was diagnosed with other cancers until he lost his life at 45 years old . shortly after it was sugge...

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• Second time around. Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma

  Deja Vu

  1997-2020 In July 1997 I came home to Cornwall after a trip to Southampton to see my children and celebrate my son’s 21st birthday.  I was unwell with a sore throat and temperature.   3 weeks later, I was admitted to hospital wi...

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• Breast Cancer - 1 yr on. Then and now!

  I found a lump!

  Ok......so, never done this before but then, there's been alot of stuff in the past year that I've done for the first time - so hey, here we go.  Hmmm.... learn to do 'blogging'! Yesterday, as well as being the day we all finall...

  Former Member over 5 years ago
• Cancer……and how we dealt with my husband and I being diagnosed in the same month

  Grab a cuppa, it's a bit of a long story!

  So, 2019 was to be my year, I had so many things planned for my 50th birthday in August; gigs, trips abroad, west end theatre and basically having a complete ball. Some things I managed to do but most were cancelled. Why……. well, my hus...

  Drivermason over 5 years ago
• 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
• 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