Jojo's Journey

This week has been pretty busy which is good, each day that passes is a day closer to getting through chemo.   On Tuesday I had my LGFB cour...

A few people have said to me they would like to be able to comment on my blog posts but didn't want to become Blogger members (so they ...

  Yesterday, I attended a wonderful course at Brighton Hospital called Look Good Feel Better . LGFB is a fantastic charity that helps wom...

Been going a little stir crazy as pretty much been in the flat for a week due to low WBC count risk time, so today  I felt determined (despi...

Having been feeling pretty crappy, it was a lovely surprise to get a parcel from Laura in the post this morning containing a fab Fat Face he...

Man this one hit me hard :( Have felt pretty crappy for the past few days but at least now the FEC can FEC off :) The heartburn & indige...

Good old magic honey, bloods back up to 2.5 so chemo 3 is a go. Half way point in chemo!

One of the SEs of chemotherapy is that it can deplete your white blood cells and neutrophils meaning that you basically have no immune syste...

A squashy package arrived today containing this little sweetie: Thanks Kitty :) I won't let Fagin chomp her! x

Amy & Andy came down for the weekend and it was really awesome to see them. Haven't seen Amy since I was diagnosed so when she walke...

Update 26/11/2014 - Pixie has decided to stop producing Happy Bags so she can move away from cancer and start focussing on living :) She ha...

What a busy (ha mistyped busty then instead of busy - great typo to make on this blog!) week I've had so far :) On Monday Emma popped ov...

I went to the support group in the end, didn't take Erika but rocked the purple pirate bandana instead. The group was defintely worthwhi...

Almost a week has passed since chemo #2 and this one has hit me harder than the first one. Feeling a bit more poorly in terms of SEs and als...

I decided not to bother with the Cold Cap in the end, so much hair has fallen out that I really don't see the point of it any more. Mean...

Getting set for chemo number 2. Feel a lot less nervous than last time as this time I know what the actual process is but still bloody worri...

Fantastic feel better package from lovely Lou containing: - Wagamama Voucher - Snuggly Pyjamas - Lip Creme - Dynamo DVD - Paul DVD - ...

My hair is really starting to fall out now :( It's really hard to describe how hair loss actually feels to people but I'll try... ...

Wowzers. It's already one month post diagnosis. The world is a massively different place. I am having chemo, shrinking the FEC out of th...

Given the fact that I'm currently moulting more than Fagin, I thought it was probably a good idea to sort out a wig. Before today for ...