Jojo's Journey

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...

5 years ago, it's oh so clear, In the waiting room, the rising fear. Walking into that stuffy room, Increasing dread, impend...

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 ...

A busy day today! First I had rads, halfway through the bastard blasting now - huzzah! Then Mum drove me over to Guildford (collecti...

I've reached the end of my first week of radiotherapy. I started my chest and ribs rads on Wednesday. It has been pretty much the same ...

Update 30/05/2017 - 79  countries and counting! As part of my blogger set-up, I get to see where people who read my blog are from so thoug...

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 ...

The post I never wanted to write. As genius lyricist Eminem once said "Guess who's back, back again?" Well fuck. My cancer...

Today I had my two scans at East Surrey hospital. I slept so badly last night, I'm so fecking terrified. My mind is going to some really...

I've been so scared that the doctor had misdiagnosed me that I kept on going for appointments and pushing and being a general pain in th...

Cancer is the gift that keeps on giving. I'm currently really suffering from something called Tietze Syndrome . As I said in January  ...

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..... ,...

I have a confession. I've had a swelling around my ribs since just before Christmas. I fiddled with it, it got bigger. I panicked and ...

I can hardly believe that today is my 4 year chemoversary ! I am definitely "moving on" as it feels like a horrible distant night...

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...

Today I had my annual appointment with medical oncology at Redhill. Even though I've been feeling well and I give myself some TLC (Touc...

The Eleanor Rose Foundation is an amazing charity whose motto is "Making the big C smaller". They offer freebies and discounts fo...