The year out you never expect to take and finding you way again whilst accepting the new world you have entered #LifeAfterCancer
A year out: The year out you never expect to be taking
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One Year : Life After Cancer
Here we are, one year since the scariest words entered my life. One year! WOW This morning I sat and read my first 'I have cancer' blog, made a slight change to the favourite hair and tan products I previously blogged about, looking back I think that blog was one of the my most greatest [...]
My Rome Trip: Exploring Vegan Options
When in Rome....I eat Plant Based... This weekend I travelled to Rome, a surprise trip from my fiancé as I near the end of my active cancer treatment and my birthday, we don't have many weekends free so this was such an amazing surprise . I wanted to share this blog as if you [...]
Goodbye chemo hello wobble
WOWZERS What a few weeks it has been. My last ‘Chemo Day’ The week after chemo was amazing, I finished my treatment on Thursday 10th April then as soon as I finished my beans on toast (staple after chemo food) me and dad made our way down to brands Hatch in Kent that afternoon, and [...]
Finding My Patience Through Cancer Treatment
How I came to find patience and how it's changed my world. Amazing what self belief can do to your soul, it's the happiest place on earth.
Cancer and Fertility: Not part of my early 30’s plan
Fertility and cancer, this is a hard one for me to share but it's an important one. “You have cancer and you will need to undergo chemotherapy ” after the initial WHAT THE F**K moments my thoughts quickly went to fertility. I know to many you may think , but what about survival? That is [...]
Vegan Bean Chilli: MEXICAN NIGHT
I am so excited to share this recipe, with a few tweeks to a 3 bean chilli this will leave you wanting seconds, which I always do ...its full of goodness so why not! I will share the whole shebang, the full on vegan Mexican vibes...oh and it's SO easy to do. If you manage [...]
Thank You Bamford Suite Derby: Mindfulness for health
Today was our fifth mindfulness for health class at the Derby Nuffield, Bamford suite. Julie (Lead Oncology Nurse) from the Bamford suite has done an incredible job putting on this pilot course and only has more ideas for the future with Rachel and John also. Julie and team are pretty incredible and I can't thank them [...]
That Fine Line : I’m fine VS I’m falling apart
“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” Pema Chodron Written Tuesday 25th Jan Today I woke and decided I am not going to rush to get dressed. I decided that today I am going to just go with whatever I feel. It dawned on me that for the past however many weeks, [...]
Chemo : Half Way There
Tonight I found out that I could crack on with chemo . This news is what I needed , I wanted to get on with treatment, the sooner I did the sooner this is over. (This was Written Tues 9th Jan) The past few weeks I’ve made some big changes, I’ve focused on a more [...]