Thursday 9th May 2024 : 10.45am - Round 2, Cycle 1 Finally, I have my hair back, finally I have my photography mojo back, finally life...

I seemed to have pressed the button - and so I need to create a new blog post. I have spent a little time this week checking in on...

It's 8 months since my last chemotherapy session, just over a year since I had surgery and what seems like forever ago that we were told...

Today's phone call with the hospital : Consultant : "Shall we start with the results from your latest CT scan ? " Caro : Swallows hard...

Cancer changes you. And now I'm sat looking at a blank page and a blinking cursor. Cancer changes you - well that's a fairly obvious...

.... and I'm feeling better than I have for a while. Lots has been going on so thought it was time for an update. The first operation...

This is a quick update, I should have written the "next installment" whilst I was having Chemo number 5 on Monday - but I didn't - I...

So the results of the first CT Scan are in - and it's GREAT news, the mass which was originally 18cm x 17cm has shrunk to 10cm x 9cm - I...

Words and musings for the journey.

Things that unless you have had Chemo you can't possibly know.. and lots of friends have absolutely no idea of the sorts of trials and...

Talk to me, I'm still me .. I haven't suddenly changed and I haven't suddenly lost the need for my friends. I might need you more than...

When we moved to the Ranch, one of Andrew's "must haves" was a proper space for his very own "veggie patch". Well it didn't quite work...

THURSDAY 22ND JULY 2021 So today is the first session of the first cycle. Todays colours - Pale Blue walls and purple chairs Mood -...

Session 1 .... As I sat in my chair, waiting for the day to start, completely unaware how utterly life changing it would be, lots of...

You never think it will be you. You hope it will never be you. Then it is you. Shown into the room with the comfy chairs, box of tissues...

I'm Caroline (Caro to those that know me , or unless you are using my Sunday name for a very good reason ) I am 50 years old, and, I have j

Nothing beats a smoked ham and mature cheddar cheese toastie. A seeded bloomer (white does make a more luscious and sinful sarnie, but...

We had a conversation about Andrew feeding the birds before we moved. It's lovely to have the finches, robins, and blackbirds, along with...

It's been cold; it's to be expected; it is Winter. But it's been frigid, the coldest for 10 years, so we are told. And it feels like it...

or Pear and Frangipane Tart. The last few days have been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, a fortnight ago we lost our old cocker Elvis (he...