Tumour Has It

A letter dropped through our postbox this morning. From the NHS. Addressed to me. I presumed it would be about my impending appointment to pop along and see my surgeon and have my new medical photographs taken (as weird and as funny as it sounds). Alas, it wasn't an appointment about my boobs this time. …

Cancerversary – One Year On

Up until a few months ago, I never even realised a "cancerversary" was a thing. But that was before I found myself immersed in the cancer community. People mark different days for their cancerversary - the day they had surgery, the day they had the first biopsies and scans, the day they started chemo, the day …

Life on Pause

There's been loads written over the last few years about social media and the rise of FOMO. The Fear Of Missing Out is allegedly terrorising millennials, who scroll through their social media feeds and are stricken by an intense feeling that they're missing out on doing something awesome, while they're sat at home twiddling their …

Me, Myself and Cancer

Last week, for the first time in three months, I pulled on my running shoes and went out. Just after a fourth unscheduled bout of surgery and for the first time since my mastectomy, I was able to run*, and with that, I was able to temporarily forget the last three months. I was slow …

Side Steps and Setbacks

I was supposed to start chemo on Friday. If there's one thing having cancer has taught me, it's that planning is pretty much futile. Everything changes - from the day of diagnosis, your life is taken entirely out of your hands and placed carefully into those of surgeons and doctors and you are left to rely …