I am now eleven weeks post chemo, and three weeks post radiotherapy, so I figured it was time to write a little post treatment update. One thing I have found throughout the last eleven months is that it is very easy to forget how far I have come. Each stage of the cancer journey, from… Continue reading Post treatment update
Tag: breast cancer
Done
I knew I hadn't been here for a while, but I was surprised to see that my last post was on 31st January. Oops. So much has happened since then, that I do need to share, but that will have to wait until another time. What I came here to tell you was that yesterday… Continue reading Done
Feel all the feels
Generally in life, I think I am a Glass Half Full kind of person. I try to see the best in people and situations, and put a positive spin on things where I can. However, if there is one thing this cancer journey has taught me, it is that you have to let yourself feel… Continue reading Feel all the feels
Climbing Mount Everest
I'm not a mountain climber by any stretch of the imagination, but everyone knows that climbing Mount Everest is a really hard thing to do. I imagine anyone doing so often questions their life choices, cries and feels like giving up. Going through cancer treatment is just like that too. Some days I can conquer… Continue reading Climbing Mount Everest
2024
Happy new year! This time last year I would never have imagined that I would be starting 2024 in the midst of treatment for breast cancer. I was looking forward to starting my new job in January and having my own class again after a few years out of teaching. Two terms later and BAM.… Continue reading 2024
Half Way Through
Two days ago I hit another chemotherapy milestone. I completed my eighth round of chemo, which means I have eight left. I am now half way through my chemotherapy treatment. It turns out that most of the rest of my family have been counting my treatment in terms of weeks, and in their eyes I… Continue reading Half Way Through
Six Months
Yesterday, 27th November, marked six months since the beginning of my breast cancer journey. Six. Months. That’s a long time. My husband asked me a few weeks ago if I remembered a time before I had cancer. Of course I do, but the last six months have been all consuming, and I have to try… Continue reading Six Months
Going into hibernation.
This week I started a new chemo regime. Previously I had chemo every other week, spent most of the chemo week wired thanks to steroids, and then had a Good Week in between. I am now switching to Paclitaxel (or Taxol) weekly, which meant that last week was my last Good Week. It really feels… Continue reading Going into hibernation.
Managing My Chemotherapy Hair Loss
I have naturally curly hair, but not the good kind. It takes a lot of work to make it look presentable, rather than a birds nest. As a result, more often than not, I scrape it up into a mum bun and have done with it. Or at least I did. So it was a… Continue reading Managing My Chemotherapy Hair Loss
A Chemotherapy Milestone
This week I hit a chemotherapy milestone. On Monday I had my fourth and final round of my first regime. I have had EC (commonly known as the Red Devil) every two weeks since the 25th of September. For a long time it felt as if my chemotherapy would never start, which is why I… Continue reading A Chemotherapy Milestone
Life Through Rosie Tinted Spectacles 