Adjustments and Laughter

07/03/2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

The past few weeks have been those of adjustment and laughter. Adjusting to news we weren’t expecting. It’s harder to hear the second time round, you’re very aware of the what a cancer re occurrence so soon can mean. Adjusting to knowing that there will be no cure for Chris’ cancer. He will have to […]

The Opposite of Easy

09/02/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

It’s been hard Hard to watch him in so much pain. Hard to see his face contort in anguish as he struggles to find comfort. Unable to find any relief. Unable to get a break. The tumour in his back now pushing on nerves. ‘Causing pins and needles then shooting pains thorugh his body, to […]

Cancer is a Stupid Idiot

30/01/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

I made my daughter cry. My heart was broken and I was breaking hers. To make sure she would be able to deal with what the future might hold. Because I had promised her a year ago I would always be honest with her. So she knew what was going on, in the hope that […]

In Departments

29/09/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

We park in car park D. Usually we go in past department 1 Where people are treated during the day But if the weathers nice we’ll go up the road straight to department 42. Where each Tuesday starts. We wait near department 40 for bloods People wait near department 42 for transport home. It’s busy, […]

I can’t be there

07/09/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

I wasn’t there when Chris was told by our GP he had a tumour. He went to the appointment by himself. If I’m honest I don’t think at that point either of us believed that it would ever be anything really serious. Really life changing. I was at work. He rang me. It was the […]