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Joy/Pain
Hello. It’s been a while. I’d say sorry but I’ve been busy living. So ‘sorry not sorry’ as the kids say. These past 12 days, since my news that the cancer has gone into remission, have been an extraordinary heady mix of joy and pain. This is life in technicolour, the full spectrum. Trauma and…
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Aftermath/The 1%
Wait wait wait! Did I just ‘roll credits’ on this movie? Stop. Keep recording. It’s not over yet! My melodramatic unicorn she loves a big finish but it’s not finished is it? I think I just heard her hit the edge of the pink ocean set with her horn and she seems to be wandering…
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The Rainbow Unicorn Rides Again!!!
I’m not quite sure how to tell you this I got the results of my PET scan yesterday and it has taken me a while to stop pinching myself. To check I am fully awake and not dreaming. I have had a Complete Metabolic Response. Never have three little words sounded so sweet. Well maybe…
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Behind the Eight Ball
Thursday was a wonderful day. I went to a work event for the first time since February for an away day. Everyone was very warm and pleased to see me. The ‘no hug’ plan went out of the window. Unexpectedly I was showered with giant cards and thoughtful gifts. My colleagues had made a collection…
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Fear and other animals
I don’t indulge fear very often. It feels like a wasted emotion on the whole but sometimes it sneaks up on you doesn’t it. Fear for loved ones is probably much worse than fear for yourself. That I can control to an extent. Although during my diagnosis I got that whole system burn like I…
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