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There have been times in my life where results really, really mattered to me. From academic grades, sporting achievements, how family and friends receive a meal I have cooked, the outcomes of pregnancy...
View ArticleAn encore with the bearded nurses
I’m hoping that throughout this whole journey, wherever it takes me, there will be no greater ‘flight or fight’ stress response than the one I experienced when I first waited for results between...
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I am home. Mother’s guilt has been quietly bubbling away in the back laboratory. It started with the diagnosis six weeks ago. First it appeared as grief from the impact of my lost health on my...
View ArticleNo invitation sent
Why did I chose to start my cancer treatment in a hospital 200 kilometres from my city that has a perfectly good hospital that treats cancer? My GP with the nervous, wry smile when announcing my...
View ArticleAnother date with the surgeon
A familiar scene for 2013. Lucky it’s a nice one. Back to the big smoke this morning for news of the next phase. Tagged: big smoke, breast cancer, date, stormy night
View ArticleKeep Calm And…
It’s been nearly twelve months since I finished chemotherapy and thirteen months since I had a visit from Aunt Flo. I’ve always imagined Aunt Flo to be a slightly eccentric, slightly deaf, toothless,...
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Today saw two hours of travel (on this bright sunny and cyclone free day) to see my surgeon for the results of an ultrasound for the lumps in my side and armpit. It has been a long time between visits....
View ArticleHomecoming
I am home. Mother’s guilt has been quietly bubbling away in the back laboratory. It started with the diagnosis six weeks ago. First it appeared as grief from the impact of my lost health on my...
View ArticleNo invitation sent
Why did I chose to start my cancer treatment in a hospital 200 kilometres from my city that has a perfectly good hospital that treats cancer? My GP with the nervous, wry smile when announcing my...
View ArticleAnother date with the surgeon
A familiar scene for 2013. Lucky it’s a nice one. Back to the big smoke this morning for news of the next phase. Tagged: big smoke, breast cancer, date, stormy night
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