With my third and final ‘top up treatment’ complete and after everything going well with my consultant appointment, it was time for my forth and final cycle of BEP. Looking back now, the last few weeks leading up to my final cycle of treatment seemed like a big blur, with only the massive change in … Continue reading Almost there…the final cycle of BEP
The Results, ‘take one’…
Waiting for results of any kind can be an anxious time for anyone. Think back to your school exams as a prime example. This wait felt very different. No longer was I waiting for results to 'diagnose' or 'check my bloods were OK to continue treatment', these results could give me the news that I … Continue reading The Results, ‘take one’…
More tests to follow the first round of results.
So my last blog was called 'The results...take one' well here's why... It was now the 11th of May and time for my appointment with my Oncologist (consultant). Going in to the appointment I was of course nervous. The nervous being, what if I'd be told I needed surgery to remove the bits of the … Continue reading More tests to follow the first round of results.
Friday 8th June – The ‘final’ results…
Just another Friday. For many people that may well be true. The majority all waking up with that 'Friday feeling'. The headlines from the papers that day...........Fears for Britain’s high streets amid shop closures and the Prime Minister’s efforts to avoid a Brexit Cabinet breakdown dominated Friday 8th June front pages. As I said, just … Continue reading Friday 8th June – The ‘final’ results…
So you’re better now?
It was a question I got asked a lot over the first few weeks following being told I was in remission and in all honesty it was a question I didn't really know how to answer. I had no experience of knowing what 'better' looked like following a cancer illness. It was all new to … Continue reading So you’re better now?