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 …

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 …

Sorry If My Hormones Verbally Assualted You…(and other stories)

The last couple of weeks have been kind of testing. Some days I've woken with a heavy heart and a not so sunny disposition. Blame it on the two different lots of hormones I've injecting into myself before tea every night but I have awoken a few mornings with a list of things that were …

A Reminder – Check Your Chebs

Right. Settle in folks. I am about to PREACH some serious shizzle at you. Hold on to your ha'pennys (maybe boobies would be better), because we are going to have a good old chinwag about #CheckYourChebs. Today marks nine days since I had my single mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, a little over a month after I …

Life, Lately

I know, it has been a REALLY long time this time. I have been a bad blogger, but as ever, I've made a comeback. Call me Take That if you will. I don't have an awful lot to say, but I've been taking a lot of pictures lately. More than usual. Sometimes it's good to …

The Return

It has been a very, very long time since I last blogged on alicemaypurkiss.wordpress.com. This is bad. But there's been a lot going on.Since I last posted, I finished my internship at Index on Censorship and began working, mainly as a blogger (amongst other things) at VoucherCodes.co.uk, working on their lifestyle magazine Most Wanted. I've …