Jojo's Journey

⚠️ Epic post alert ⚠️ We had been in the Isle of Wight for a few days and I noticed I was getting more and more breathless. Rob, the ...

When cancer has taken away your possibility of being a mum, Mother's Day is particularly hard. The ever continuous rise of social media...

So I haven’t blogged properly in a long time. The truth is it’s been a difficult ride of late. So, what’s new in JojoLand: I’m no longer ...

At the moment it feels like I'm having non-stop hospital visits. It's so draining and I just want some normality back in my (and Ro...

So I've just had my two week check for my first cycle on my trial drug. Rob drove me to Guildford and we met with Avril (the research ...

Until this shituation arrived, I never realised how much I took for granted. Walking, driving, sleeping, working, thinking. All of these an...

Today I had an appointment at Guildford hospital with my trial onc TC and my research nurse Avril. Avril told me that the bloods I had done...

Today I had a phone call from East Surrey hospital saying they had a cancellation and could I go in that afternoon for the scan on my ovari...

Today I had a meeting with the gynaecologist to discuss my oophorectomy (pronunciation is they title of the post!) I was not feeling great ...

So my rads marathon is done. I'm not going to say "rads are finished, hooray" because there will more than likely be more rad...

So today ( one month on from receiving the dreadful news ) I had to have a PET scan. That takes me to 8 appointments this week (5x rads, 2 ...

Today I had my first rads session at St Luke's . Rob drove me to the cancer centre and we parked in the dedicated radiotherapy parking ...

I had my  rads planning meeting at St Luke's   today. Mum drove me, I'm very lucky we're so close and that she only lives 5 m...

As in  hooray and up she rises. As in my mood is no longer in the dark, dark place it has been. After the meeting with the harbinger of ...

Finally got my mammogram results. Had to get them in the end by calling my BCN, almost a 4 week wait is pretty bad! I know the longer you ...

So today I had my 4 year mammogram, it was definitely a case of history repeating itself. Basically a copy paste of my last mammogram..... ,...

It's so bizarre that I am now blowing out 4 cancerversary candles, the time really has gone so fast. This time 4 years ago I was giv...

A really mixed day of emotions. Rob's grandpa sadly passed away. He's had motor neurone disease since he summer and has been s...

3 Years ago today I heard the life changing words of "I'm sorry to have to tell you that it IS cancer". As I blow out my 3 ca...

2 years ago yesterday I found out that my cancer had gone , that on my second margin clearing operation they had got it all. Today I had m...