I haven’t posted for a few days because I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the post diagnosis rollercoaster whilst trying to wrap up things that need doing before treatment starts. Like my PhD. In one week I have climbed the highest highs and reached the lowest lows, sometimes in the same 5 minutes. In case anyone…

Someone actually said this to me today. A Jamaican guy behind the till at Ryman’s in Richmond. I’d heard him charming each customer with his positive banter and when it was my turn I told him I had been appreciating it. I’ve never been one to filter what is going through my head much. I…

And the result is… Breast cancer. Quite a surprise. Ghost dr called around 5 as I was getting on a train and although I was offered the option of waiting for a face to face appointment I could wait no more and asked him to share all the news as I sat on the quietest…

It’s taken me a while to put my finger on it but something is changing in the NHS. Perhaps it’s post Covid but I think it might just be a generational shift. This time round I’ve met a new generation of doctors coming through, half my age nearly, able to communicate sensitively and with suitable…

How did this poem find me today at exactly the moment I needed it and how have I never seen it before? It said everything in my heart before I had articulated it. I gave me comfort.  To die is perhaps no stranger than being born or falling asleep each night to journey who knows…