I didn’t want to write this post. I’m not even sure if I should. I was warned that Cancer and depression go hand in hand, but I didn’t think it would for me. My blog is supposed to be all about my three wonderful daughters. It’s supposed to full of my natural positivity, happy anecdotes, […]
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Emma Day: Cancer Patient turns Media Star!
Okay so please note that the title is meant to be a bit of fun. I have not suddenly developed a crazed ego of fame! However, when I went into Isolation for Radiotherapy, the very last thing I expected was to be on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC1 Points West News on the TV and in […]
Reasons To Be Cheerful: The isolation edition
I wanted to join in with this weeks Reasons To Be Cheerful, while I’m stuck in hospital isolation and missing my girls and my husband, because I think its important to realise there are many people worse off than me. With only a dodgy mobile connection and an old phone, I can just about get […]
Wednesday Words: Mummy has to go away
Today I go into hospital, into the isolation unit for anywhere between 3 - 6 days for my internal radiotherapy. Then the agonising wait for the radiation to leave my body to a safe level before I can go within 2 metres of my husband and children. This could be anything up to a month […]
Food Insanity – A new kind of eating disorder?
As I battle through the last two days of my Low-Iodine diet, I have lost myself. I have lost myself to a full-blown food insanity. I found myself sobbing yesterday, as I prepared my daughter some buttery toast for breakfast. If somebody walked in front of me, right now, with a bacon and egg sandwich, I […]