And SO much better than the last chemo – so far at least. Was totally fine day of chemo and yesterday, tired today but again, nothing like before re side effects. There are some, but minor in comparison.  Day 3 is meant to be when some, if any, kick in. Tiredness, bone aching apparently. And…

8 hours in the Marsden today –  Ultrasound shows breast lump has shrunk significantly and as primary cancer that is very good. Lymph node not, but I’ve been battling a cold/flu so could well be due to that.  Prof Aloof was a serious asshole. 10 min consult and part of that was him on the…

Yesterday at the school – end of term play under my belt – in the classrooms saying goodbye to the teacher. I am taking to the kids after school Sonia cancer support team project manager – the wonderful Tanya. She on one side of the doorway, me the other so a pathway out of the…

Did any of you listen to The The – I keep having the track ‘This is the day, your life will surely change’ running around my head… Lots of those days really. Thank fuck actually. My life has always been eventful, to put it mildly, and I was thinking about those events, for lack of…

Currently about 15 mins away from landing back in London – so you can safely deduce I am well enough to fly now. Can’t wait to see my children, big and small – combined with a feeling I am getting used to each time I leave a country these days. Missing someone – this time…

So one hour after my last post, I came down with what I think is a flu or something. I had a portocath put in on Thursday (deliberately didn’t write about it in my last post as it was a really horrible experience and didn’t want to focus on it) and I think coincidentally came…

Not of course that I ever actually went anywhere…well, I always go somewhere…but…you know what I mean! At least I hope you do as I have successfully managed to confuse myself – yes, for a change, I know… 🙂 I have been riding the wave of feeling normal – OK – as pointed out correctly,…

And I have 2 weeks and 2 days to enjoy not being in a horrible chemo haze/full on side effects – yippppeeeee!!!!! I have just come into week 3 post the last chemo, which is the ‘good’ week (yes, it is all so very, very relative) and since I delayed the start of the next…

Arrived Friday night, had an amazing 24 hours, didn’t go into the office today (Sun – Thurs working week here) and just found out that its a Bank Holiday tomorrow – yippppeeeee!!! But I did lose the plot this morning…early hours and on into the start of the day. The Man has had a flu/cough…

Today I was in my (worsening) chemo brain mode, crossed a main road to get to a bus stop, realised half way that actually the bus stop I needed was the same side of the road. So stopped half way, dragging 2 cases (on my way to the airport) and turned back….to the bemusement of…

Dare I say it, but I seem to be, slowly, recovering from the insomnia…Using a meditation and sleep app. Oh – and completely changing my life. I have managed to get around 6 hours each night – still not enough of course, but significantly more than before and its improving. I always get to sleep…

Very, very hard to not break into the Wizard of Oz song – ‘Ding, dong, the witch is dead’ – witches in this case!! But they have gone. They were there on Tuesday as Dr Aloof said he couldn’t feel the tumour on the lymph node, I checked after and could feel them both. Now,…