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An 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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Aniseed! Are they kidding?
Don’t expect to think you know where you are going if you get cancer. One minute the path ahead is clear and the route is well defined. The next, the ‘Dread Dragon’ returns. So today’s lesson for me is...
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No 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...
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Silver lining
Everything comes down to attitude. It’s the only thing anyone has any control over in their life. The rest is unpredictable. Health, relationships, circumstances. A positive outlook or attitude...
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Shopgirls
I have spent much of my adult life budgeting for bills, mortgage payments and haven’t spent a lot of money on fashion or girly things. Most of our money goes on our children, domestic holidays,...
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The (Long Awaited) Breast Review Rendezvous
I’ve been waiting for months to revisit my breast surgeon, since our string of regular surgical dates and reviews was completed and she sent me on my way to heal. I grieved a little for the finality of...
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Nipple Ripples
On Friday morning, Mr Cool drove me 2 hours to the big smoke specialist cancer hospital, and despite arriving on time, I waited in the waiting room for another 2 hours for a 12 minute breast clinic...
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Varian Had His Way With Me
In late September, a dapper knight in shining armour (aka radiotherapy oncologist), galloped through the forest and across the fields and offered this damsel in psychological distress an immediate...
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Waiting
January the 18th was an awesome day for so many reasons. Twelve months on (and ten months of breast cancer treatment between), I went back and completed my second sprint distance triathlon. The first...
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Shopgirls
I have spent much of my adult life budgeting for bills, mortgage payments and haven’t spent a lot of money on fashion or girly things. Most of our money goes on our children, domestic holidays,...
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The (Long Awaited) Breast Review Rendezvous
I’ve been waiting for months to revisit my breast surgeon, since our string of regular surgical dates and reviews was completed and she sent me on my way to heal. I grieved a little for the finality of...
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Varian Had His Way With Me
In late September, a dapper knight in shining armour (aka radiotherapy oncologist), galloped through the forest and across the fields and offered this damsel in psychological distress an immediate...
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