Category: Advice
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Reflections of self preservation
I buried a colleague this week. Not me personally but went to her funeral. It was very sad, her family were very emotional, her mum was distraught and it was and always will be hard to watch peoples fragility. It was a wonderful send off for her, she loved the sun and it was a…
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A little cancer update
Gav is doing well. They cut out the 6cm tumour and he doesn’t need chemo. This is everything. This means shorter recovery time. But we aren’t counting our chickens. The last few weeks haven’t been easy. He has lost over 2.5 stone, approximately 16kilos in 5 weeks. He has lost weight off his belly and…
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Feeling grateful at this awful time
My life is hard at the moment. In sickness and in health has never been such a prominent promise. The hardest thing is watching the one that you love struggle. Because everything is a struggle. The last few weeks have been trying, frustrating and painful and I am not the one going through cancer, except…
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Coping with cancer and failing
Not sure if this is a funny story or not. Gavin had had a bad day. A tube down his nose and throat was making him gag so he didn’t couldn’t talk. He hadn’t slept and looked tired and gaunt straight away i new he wasn’t himself. It was heartbreaking to see. I still haven’t…
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Well it’s Cancer…..
Hi all Bad news but not the worst news. My husband has stage 2/3 cancer. He has a large tumour growing in his rectum and will soon be going in for surgery to have it removed. The good news is it hasn’t spread and the fear of becoming a widow sooner than nature intended is…
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Life update: is it the c-word?
I can’t decide wether to publish this post or not. It’s not my story. If you are reading it, I pushed the button. It’s not my body or my health. So maybe if I write it it can be from my perspective rather than from my husbands. Fuck it. He may have cancer. He is…
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Kitchen Diaries: 2 it was delivered
It’s a very exciting time. I had to organise for the kitchen to be delivered we did run into a few issues, their van broke down, then there was a delay but because I wasn’t working at the time so it didn’t bother us. We were just happy to receive it. The van arrived very…
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My 6 goals I want to focus on this year and the actions to achieve them: Vision board 2023
As a visual person I really love a visual goal, an image that sums up a goal is great. I have been making vision board for the last few years but last year I organised it in my Pinterest board and saved it as my screen shot on the front of my phone. This was…
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Moment in time: Stay warm
It’s cold, we had more snow than expected. So I hope you are all warm and safe. As pretty as the snow is we all know that families will be choosing between food and heating. People sleep rough may not make it through the night and wildlife will struggle to stay warm and find food.…
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A wee Christmas mistake
I know we have all done it, not checked the size of buying online. But I went and bought some pretty Christmas plates, i new they would be small but these are so wee they are not as useful as I hoped. I bought twelve. I am sending 6 back. Or maybe I will find…
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