Time To Reflect & Refocus January for me remains uncertain. It is a time when we all traditionally set resolutions and goals, talk about dreams and ambitions of what we will achieve in the coming year.  The last […]

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Its been 17 weeks since I went for my first ever mamogram, 14 weeks since I first attended Breast Care at UHNS, 12 weeks and 2 days since diagnosis, 4 weeks and 1 day since surgery, and 2 […]

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My blog posts are getting less frequent now, I guess I have less to say. I’ve just spent the last two weeks isolating post op. Recovery has been little and often. I’m less sore in a morning and […]

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I want to take this opportunity to remember a lost friend. I’ve had news this week that a very special person has left us. I knew she’d been very ill, however she had been very private about it. […]
Its a week today since surgery. It’s been a slow week but at the heart of everything that I am doing is rest and recuperation. Some of that is about being active and its been a beautiful week […]

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Just a quick update today. Things haven’t changed very much, I’m still sore especially in the armpit, I’m still doing my exercises although I have lots more mobility after taking my meds than before, so I will continue […]

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Its 3 days since my op. I’ve been up and about every day and feeling incredibly normal. My wounds are sore, especially the one in my armpit. Its most noticeably sore first thing in the morning and late […]
I’m conscious my previous post was a little negative, I make no apology – it is what it is – but it feels important to acknowledge the lows, and move on. I’m praised regularly for my positivity, but […]

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So as you read this, I’ll be heading off to Stafford for my op. Its come around quickly – just 8 weeks from my diagnosis. I actually think that’s pretty incredible and that Breast Care in the UK […]

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When I first went for my Mammogram I had no idea what lay ahead of me, even when I was called back I didn’t expect to have this many mammograms – lets face it 7 should take me […]