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Birth, death, marriage, divorce ......... those rites of passage. Those moments when you have to pinch yourself for a long time afterwards and think, 'Did that really happen?' Many of the greatest poets have written about the similarities between birth and death. I understand. The whole of the universe revealed and yet....... not quite ......... and yet, sufficient for a person to think ....'Well, what was that? Was it what I think it was? Will I ever be the same...?' And of course, the answer...
A couple of months ago I began writing this blog post, it’s been put off because of not really knowing how to approach this topic. It’s been difficult to write, but thankfully with the right information I’m in control again.
I had cancer 13 years ago now, at 14 years old I was told I had a very high chance of being infertile and having fertility problems. At 14 that means nothing to someone, at the time my aspiration was to become an astronaut. An impossibility now – but you’ve...
Tum tum te tum te tum .... the tune of our doorbell when the damp sets it off in wee small hours of the morning, and you HAVE to get up and look just in case.
I guess that getting up in the wee small hours will be a regular occurance from October. A two hour consultation has him pencilled in for Thursday 10th for anterior bowel resection.
The good news is that he has responded really well to the chemo and radio treatments. The nasty cancer barely shows. So all is looking positive for reconnecting...
Its not easy being a carer...especially for your Mum or someone you are really close to. Recently I have been getting frustrated with people because we ask for help and they say no problem, they come round and say 'what can I do', then call on me and my Dad anytime my Mum needs anything. One of my Mums sisters even said 'she's leaning slightly to one side, and doesn't look very comfortable' so we asked if she had moved her, to which she replied 'oh no, I didn't think I w...
So, again, it's been a while, but there haven't been any dramas which is good news and things are just bimbling along.
Mum's physical health seems to be doing as well as can be expected. She still has issues with her eyes not functioning properly which makes her quite tired and she still feels the tiredness, but she's up and about, has a good appetite (steroids!) and generally quite positive.
I went up for her birthday weekend and spent the whole weekend there. We went out for the...
will be 4 weeks tomorrow since i had my double mastectomy with DIEP free flap reconstruction and can honestly say that i feel far better than i thought i would. my arms are still tender following the op and they are truly the worst part. still have fluid collection along incision on my stomach and so far have had it drained twice. due to go again on friday to have some more removed. yesterday morning was nothing there but after doing bit too much it is back again.
last week was given the good news...
So. Today was the first of the scheduled monthly checkups with the team of doctors who have been treating my cancer (what an odd term "my cancer", like its something to be proud of!) and everything went well. I've not had a scan or anything yet, just an examination of the mouth and neck, but nonetheless they seemed terribly pleased with themselves.
Its not an all clear, not by a long shot, but it *is* the first step to getting one, after the pain and problems of recent months it is a...
