23rd September.
Since I last wrote I have continued to be in Chemo hell. The tiredness continued and a sore throat persisted until today. All very boring and miserable but mid way through today I realised that my energy levels had risen somewhat and that as I write this I have not had a sleep today. And when I say sleep I mean a get into bed, snuggle under the covers and pass out for a good few hours. Yippee! Maybe finally I have turned the corner and I might be able to achieve some things now. Watch this space, i’ll Keep you informed. Another wee plus is the hot flushes are not as bad but the down side is it might be because I have given up both caffeine and alcohol to see if it makes a difference and bloody hell it does……Bugger! Boooooorrring!
I read something yesterday that reminded me that if I had not found the lump in my right breast the cancer growing in my left breast would have killed me. I am not being over dramatic about it but completely and utterly honest. Even though I knew it was there I still couldn’t really feel it. After my double mastectomy my fabulous consultant and surgeon informed me that the cancer in the left breast was bigger than she thought and that was after 2 mammograms, CT scans, MRI scans and 2 biopsy’s. What I am trying to get at is it is SO important to keep checking your Lumps for Bumps and go and get anything, however small you might think it is checked out. It is as simple as TLC Touch, Look, Check.
Here is a rather bad photo of a information sheet I have that I wanted to share with you. Please try and read it and do as it says. Get your daughters, nieces, granddaughter, cousins, wives, girlfriends and any other female you know to check them out and talk about it. Spread the word. It scares the hell out of me that I might be in a very different situation now and I would hate to think of anyone else being there. So get those babies out and cop a feel. Otherwise you could loose them.
Till next time…….. xxxxx
Glorious Day 