Tag Archives: hospital

Here’s a wish (poem)

Picture now, if you will, a girl sat on a plastic chair; Some flowers on the windowsill, her mother, frightened, lying there.   Mother and father worked so hard to raise their daughters every day, and now it seems that life’s reward is their retirement, snatched away.   In hospital there’s nothing subtle: Lights so harsh…More

I got my mind set on you…

Cancer research and testing Whilst I would never want to be ignorant, the burden of knowing that I have the BRCA2 gene mutation weighs heavy on my mind. The decision that I am making about whether… or when to have a bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy is one that only a few years ago I probably wouldn’t have…More

Strength, Courage and Wisdom

A couple of people have sent me the link to Angelina Jolie’s piece in the New York Times on 14th May 2013 that talks about her decision to have a double mastectomy, the process of which started in February just like mine did. In her case, she has the BRCA1 gene and is able to…More

Build me up, Buttercup

People have been very nice to me with lots of cards and flowers and so on arriving. A lily arrangement in a pot with a balloon arrived on Saturday lunchtime. Shortly after that, I had a parcel containing a Peepster Selection of chocolate from Hotel Chocolat. Those were from my dog, or so says the…More

Help!

When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. Today’s been strange. I do feel a little bit like a fraud as for the most part I feel quite alright. Every so often my arm feels stiff and my breast pounds almost like it has a memory…More