When I first read this Friendly Friday challenge from Sandy Chronicles, I first thought of how much London has changed since I first arrived here in 1995. But then I thought of the biggest change in my life in the recent years and it is not external, but internal. Hence a flashback to time before […]
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all cancer survivors, fighters and thrivers a very Happy International Cancer Survivor’s Day! I never even knew such a day existed before my diagnosis in March 2019. Now, it is a day to celebrate myself and everyone else who has had to face cancer. Since creating […]
I think I’m just in time for the party with my Friendly Friday challenge hosted by The Sandy Chronicles and Something to Ponder About. When my friend Michele, who is a blogger herself, told me about this road trip challenge, I just knew I had to take part. I have written about our plans in […]
June has arrived and with it plenty of sunshine and a half-term week. Perfect for getting in lots of riding in preparation for cycling across Europe. The countdown has started… I get butterflies when I think that in just over two months we’ll be in Nordkapp in Norway ready to begin. The buttleflies are a […]
On Sunday 23rd May, I took part in the Marsden March with a couple of friends and my sister who were all up for walking 15 miles (about 24 kilometres). We had initially signed up for the March last year, but like so many events, it got cancelled because of Covid. The organisers hoped that […]
I think the fact we entered the first lockdown a year ago this week has prompted many people to take time to reflect. Who could have predicted what was ahead and that we would still be in yet another lockdown a year later? For me, this time of the year also marks another ‘anniversary’. I […]
Since I have recently written about chemotherapy and radiotherapy, I thought I should write about the end of cancer treatments. What happens next? Finishing the treatments is not the end of the battle. Another one begins as you adjust to normal life again. Living In A Haze Looking back at the period from diagnosis to […]
When my doctor first told me I had cancer, I didn’t even know they use radiotherapy to treat cancer. I was so clueless! So when my oncologist said I’d need 25 doses of external and two doses of internal radiation treatments, I had no idea what to expect. How Does Radiotherapy Work? Like chemotherapy, oncologists […]
As all our regular readers know already, I have Lynch Syndrome. Most people have never heard of it. I hadn’t until my womb cancer diagnosis and the subsequent discovery that I have Lynch. Yet Lynch Syndrome is one of the most common hereditary conditions. Scientists estimate that one in 300 people carry the mutation. Most […]
There are many risk factors identified for womb cancer. It is the 4th most common cancer in women in the UK. The top three are breast, lung and colorectal cancers. While researchers don’t know what causes womb cancer, they know there are factors that can increase your chances of developing it. Some of these risk […]