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How things change in 5 years! You look back on what you were doing, clothes you were wearing, TV programmes you were watching and even mobile phones you were using and everything is different sometime scarily so. Yesterday I went to sign my consent for treatment at my local hospital Airedale near Keighley. Google saysContinue reading “Here comes the Battle Bus”

A lot is written about mental health at the moment, the Royals have taken it on board and even this week Philip on This Morning has been talking about his own struggles – he says “Its surprising how you think you have a grip on everything and then your head takes you to a scaryContinue reading “Mental Health and TIME”

I stare at the blank page, wondering what to write. Putting words down then erasing them – the last couple of weeks seem to have gone by so quick and so much has happened but at the same time I am still in the same place. After having my breast biopsies under mammogram I haveContinue reading “Birmingham, Biopsy and Bubblewrap!”

You are waiting and waiting and then they seem to come at once – usually in 3’s, well that’s how its been with my hospital appointments after stressing that I had been forgotten the letters have been dropping and the telephone ringing constantly. When 3 hospitals are involved with tests and the major one isContinue reading “You know those buses….”

They say that crying is good for you – I cry when I am Sad Frustrated Mad Terrified Happy -really happy Well I am cried enough to fill a rather large bath these last couple of weeks and none of them were happy tears, not since going to South Lakes Zoo which I try toContinue reading “Cry me a River…..”

Never would I have thought in the early hours of the morning on the 4th July when I was writing my Bucket List that just over a month later that with the kind help of my friend Lorraine Oliver and the wonderful Josephine at South Lakes Zoo that I would be ticking off one –Continue reading “Talking to the animals”

Where do I start….. The last few weeks have been a mixture of emotions from massive lows to wonderful highs and then back again. The only bit of stability I ever have is the love and comfort from family and friends. Last week so me being rushed AGAIN to A&E at Airedale General hospital –Continue reading “Bumpy road ahead”

It’s the waiting that gets to you. Having tests then waiting weeks to know where you stand, if its good news or bad news, if the treatment stays the same. Had my PET scan and was given the news that I would be taking the tablet Letrozole every day and then starting later with PalbociclibContinue reading “Results but no more news”

I have been trying to write this blog post for a few days now but kept putting it off. What can I say since given the news over a week ago that the cancer had spread to my bones. I was expected to have a scan last Friday but this was cancelled as they needContinue reading “No new news”

I have come a long way in 5 years – being diagnosed with breast cancer was just the start of a journey which had many ups and downs. I started 2020 with a great outlook. A new decade, a new job a shiny new future. Little did anyone realise what was to come and howContinue reading “Journey Nr2”