#6 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” — Paolo Coelho Greetings from Sofa Central on a Chemo Tuesday. We do like no blood test day as a three-hour stint is no real hardship, especially when one gets a bed … Continue reading #6 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS →

#5 ROLLING WITH IT

With last week’s Chemo/Immuno on Thursday they had to push Tuesday to Wednesday this week (to allow for at least 6 days in between) so hello from Chemo Day! Keep up at the back please. Thankfully no blood test required this week so I was in early doors and hooked up by 9.30am and out … Continue reading #5 ROLLING WITH IT →

#4 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

At college in the late 80s I did an A Level Film Studies course. I took it because, coupled with English Literature and Media Studies I thought it would fit nicely, my friend Bev was doing it and I also thought it would be an easy subject to boost my A levels as I needed … Continue reading #4 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY →

#3 CHECK YOUR BAPS GIRLS

This week’s ‘blob’ is brought to you live from my sofa this Chemo Tuesday evening – because basically if last week’s treatment was like doing 30mph in Martin’s Mazda through the narrow country lanes of a tranquil village to get to the Barbridge pub in Nantwich on a bank holiday Monday, this session was more … Continue reading #3 CHECK YOUR BAPS GIRLS →

#2 PLAYING THE WAITING GAME

Welcome back to the cancer blog. Or my ‘blob’, as my mum called it last week on the phone. She can’t say Debenhams either so I missed that shopping experience in my youth. Meanwhile, she struggles with the name Damien, which is what my sister was going to call her firstborn. Until she realised the … Continue reading #2 PLAYING THE WAITING GAME →

#1 CANCER IS A FULL TIME JOB

From the minute you wake up, until the moment sleep thankfully descends, ‘it’ is on your mind. Whether it is at the front door like an uninvited Jehovah’s Witness or in the background, like an impatient toddler demanding snacks. And there are so many things to do! I have had three telephone calls just this … Continue reading #1 CANCER IS A FULL TIME JOB →

The Royal We and Cancer

So, the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton has recently announced her cancer diagnosis to the masses. How utterly distasteful that the reason she had to do this is because, ‘we’ (the public) and ‘they’ (the media) have hounded, questioned, and continually broadcast about her recent absence. We have dissected and ridiculed the photographs she published … Continue reading The Royal We and Cancer →

FINDING ‘OUR SELF’

A part of us dies when we have a child. And we don’t mind at the time because the child becomes our world and fills the gap that was taken. And me becomes us and I is forgotten. We’ll get our life back one day. We’ll get Our Self back-on-track soon - perhaps when they … Continue reading FINDING ‘OUR SELF’ →

DOES IT GET EASIER?

When I had my first baby, I remember someone saying: “don’t worry, it gets easier.” I needed that at the time. Especially the day I accidently went out in my slippers and baby sick in my hair as I grappled with exhaustion juggling single parenting, two little ones under the age of 3 and work. … Continue reading DOES IT GET EASIER? →

Dear Daughter

You may be nail biting your way through your final few weeks of high school, scared and worried about what the future holds after graduation, but let me tell you a little secret. Although education is important and useful and will open some doors….it doesn’t guarantee success. It doesn’t make you ‘smart’ and it doesn’t … Continue reading Dear Daughter →