Post Chemo

I feel a bit like all my wit and clarity has left me. If I had any to start with that is.


I had my last chemo on 9th June, that again knocked me for six.... bastard Docetaxel. But I was well enough by the 18th to go to Matt and Suzy's wedding party! What a blast that was! I even had my make up done specially.....

We made the most of my baldness, and whilst drinking prosecco with Mads and Emily I let them both loose on the back of my head! I think there was a cross design.........no on can remember!

I have some very VERY happy memories of that night! The perfect way to celebrate the end of the worst bit of my treatment! There was a lot of giggling, wine and gin that night!

These are my 'Sugar Free' girls! These are the ones that have kept me sane on the days and evenings that I've been too poorly to get up.... our WhatsApp group chat has really been a lifeline.....even though there's really only one properly sugar free bird there, the rest of us are hangers on!!


I started radiotherapy this week.......interesting! This week I have been mostly getting zapped at the tumour base. This has involved an extra attachment on the machine, needing for it to be practically touching me and having Franken-Tit covered with some sort of rubbery sheet of bubble-wrap whilst I'm cooked! It doesn't hurt, but it's weird having your baps out and having three.... yes THREE people jiggle you about to line you up under the machine! There's a lot of talking and discussing numbers too....100.3 here... yes er, I've got 83.5 sup.....left.......there.......


I took it upon my own self to make a nicer gown for my trips. They request you wear a radiotherapy top. This is to maintain your modesty between the changing area and the treatment room. But they are rather hideous.......plain blue with a zipped front and Velcro shoulders. So, I made my own, from a piece of left over curtain fabric!

I've drafted a pattern, I might make some more.....it was well received! I think women might like to feel a little less clinical when they're having their treatment!


5/20 tomorrow...one week down, 15 to go!