First things first … anyone ever tried uploading photos onto a wordpress blog with a mac … bloody nightmare which is why there are currently no fancy photographs … but there will be at some point I promise… Today has been tougher that I thought it would be, I have kept myself as busy as… Continue reading A Year Ago Today … What an Anniversary

It’s an interesting conundrum writing a blog … there is no denying that writing is a cathartic process, which for me has always been something private that I have done for myself. A blog is not necessarily private – there is the possibility that other people are going to read it; then as with all… Continue reading Just a Thought …

Writing this blog has been so much more painful than I ever imagined because there is almost too much that I want to say, so many emotions that are running rife and so many that are difficult to put down in black and white in a format that is potentially public that other people can… Continue reading A Scar isn’t always on the outside …

So this is it … This is the SCAR … the result of my surgery, the surgery that hopefully has saved my life. I wasn’t brave enough to take any photos any earlier because it really is a big scar; I like to quote Freddie my friend Tracy’s son who exclaimed – ” Wow you… Continue reading The Scar …

Well … That was one hell of a “Journey” … why do we as a society call the passage of a time “A Journey” ??? it both annoys me and then when I actually sit and think about it as I am now it is actually pretty accurate .  Today is 23rd March 2018 ….… Continue reading Here We Go Again ….

From my first post you have read about the reasons for this blog … My idea was to write witty, amusing observations about the experience of a mum preparing both herself and her daughter who is about to embark on preparing for  University… Starting with the whole selection process – the journeys around the country… Continue reading Starting Out …

I had so many plans and writing this about cancer was not my plan … I have been looking back through my diary and I had forgotten how much of the farce the whole process of getting my diagnosis was … I first mention my “swollen glands” on the 11th January it is not until… Continue reading Struggling with the “C” word ….

11th February … Oskar’s 14th Birthday …  Mum comes down as a surprise for Oskar .. it is good to have mum down as today I am off to have an Ultrasound at Spire hospital … I am feeling positive as the doctor reassures my that it must be something called a brachial cyst …… Continue reading The first Ultrasound … 11th February

Good news is that today the Carpet is being fitted !!! After 7 months of building work and living out of 2 rooms this is the icing on the cake – the bedrooms are finally having carpet fitted …. I am so excited it is silly but this is such a big step towards getting… Continue reading 30th January … the saga continues !

… Have another sleepless night worrying about this bloody lump on my neck – I just can’t bear it – why hasn’t it gone with the antibiotics – It can’t be a good sign… What is it ? I don’t have any other symptom – no other swellings – soreness …. nothing ! I am… Continue reading 22nd January 2017 …