"I'm not a victim: this word only describes what happened to me; it doesn't define me. Nor am I a survivor: this almost suggests I'm over it, when this isn't true either. I am a Phoenix, rising from the ashes of a broken life, an ongoing survival in progress ( Read more... )

I read the article by Professor Crown today in the Irish Times and there are parts of it here I love the fact that he pointed out that some of the best services are in small places, not in large places, that some of the large services are overlarge and unwieldy. I've been saying that while centralised is good, you're dealing with PEOPLE here, not ( Read more... )

I don't believe it. omghi2cancer added almost everyone in cancersupport and they're pretty obviously a troll. Please don't feed this troll. I have banned them - the first over person I have done this to.

Interesting competition

That's timing!

National Cancer Survivors Day!

edited to add: there should be an international day!

I haven't commented about this before this because it's deeply upsetting to me ( Read more... )

So appointment with Oncologist today.

And PFT test.

Confirmation that although my lungs aren't as good as they were before the chemotherapy they're better than they were.

And, I'm all clear.

2 Years.

Why do I suspect that something this month will get dropped?

There's 1 friends wedding on the 14th
Stpeh & Claires wedding the 19th
My Oncology Review the 20th
Grutok's Godson/Nephews Communion the 22nd.

ARGH!

She does it regularly, she knows what buttons to push (she is responsible for many of them). MUM. She's trying to micro-manage my life again. I know she means well but she keeps saying the same things over and over in the same conversation until I want to yell at her. I know I need exercise, I just don't like being cold and wet and Ireland is ( Read more... )

So Dave rang me yesterday and asks me if I want him to bring the contents of the Amazon.com box, DUH ( Read more... )