Bye Bye Baby Place

Yesterday I saw the consultant about my hysterectomy and oophorectomy, and I can expect the complete removal of my reproductive system in 8 or 9 weeks.I was half expecting her to say ‘don...

Beside The Effects…

Ask any cancer patient and they will tell you - one of the hardest things to deal with is ‘moving on’, especially if they are still on a cocktail of drugs. Everyone assumes that ...

A Little Help From My Friends

I consider myself lucky to have such amazingly supportive friends and family, because if I didn’t, I might not be writing this. I might have killed myself.Three weeks ago I had what I ...

The Disease of Politics

Ask anyone who’s had cancer and they will agree - we all worry about it coming back. We worry about it spreading to other organs. In fact we worry about that more because once cancer from ...

Mentalopause

I have deliberated whether or not I should write this post for quite some time. It may be oversharing. But when I started this blog it was my intention to document the entire cancer experien...

Life Goes On

It’s now been over two years since that fateful day when the consultant said those life-changing words. There are many days to mark when it comes to remembering that time. The day I fo...