I need to stop doing some of the Harry Potter titles, my brain just can’t handle it at the moment, mostly because of fatigue. I swore after the writing workshop that I would write something at least once a month. Just because that was back in March and I’ve done maybe three updates since then… I don’t want to actually go back and look at it. It’s scary to think how quickly this year is passing. Another blink and it’ll…
(Original title: The Polyjuice Potion) I’ve been thinking a lot about death for about the last month or so, ever since my Pall Care doctor (henceforth known as “Dr Hubble”) raised it with me. It’s actually been a little longer than a month, probably two. It’s not that it’s “time” to think about specifics, but more that he is preparing me for the inevitability of my situation and checking in on my general mental health and gauging my reactions…
(Original title – The Rogue Bludger) And again, I am one of the youngest in a sea of grey at a breast cancer event. I wonder what it is about these events that don’t attract younger women to them. I attended the Plan C conference by the BCNA (Breast Cancer Network Australia for those of you in the USA), a massive behemoth of an organisation that is responsible for October being pink every year for Breast Cancer awareness. And you…
(Original title – Hallowe’en) There was an article that was posted the other day on news.com.au which spelled out what everyone knows anyway – 47% of people who Dr Google their symptoms end up convinced they have cancer. Usually, I would laugh at this, but I Dr Googled my symptoms (after I’d been to see the doctor) because I wasn’t convinced that it was just a skin infection like the GP hoped it was, and I wanted to know the…
(Original title – The Sorting Hat) So, I’ve been sitting on this for a couple of months now, waiting for the right moment to a) tell everyone; and b) start sorting through my actual feelings about the whole ordeal. This post is about news in two parts: Part One – I have metastatic breast cancer. It’s lurking in my liver and in five vertebrae in my spine (T11 – L3 for those of you playing along at home). Part Two…