Jojo's Journey

I am woken early and told I am about to be taken down for an operation to insert a  PICC  (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) line. I ...

28th May - I am on Tilgate Annexe, I have been pumped full of so many painkillers and god knows what other things I am totally out of it. I...

A super, squishy big love filled birthday hug to my amazing nephew Oscar

⚠️ Grab your beverage of choice (be it a cuppa or booze!) this is one  long  post! By long, I mean stories of hospital, pleural effusions ,...

19th May  - I feel atrocious. I am in bed trying to breathe, trying not to cry and in between fitful sleep watching some of the Royal Weddin...

Mum and Col pick me up early and we drive to Kingsfold Unit to get drain 2 done. Déjà vû. We are in the waiting room for about an hour and ...

Rob and I head to Crawley where I have a meeting with my oncologist. Obviously there are no results from the MRI yesterday. However the...

My 3 monthly MRI is due. Yay. Not. Pfft. I hate MRIs, they are so claustrophobic and loud and painful, bleurgh. This one also ties in with ...

Woohoo, delighted to have hit the 200,000 pageview mark! Tonight a group of us went to see Ed Byrne, he was very funny and after my ...

This weekend I was privileged enough to be able to attend an event in Bristol organised by  Breast Cancer Care  for women aged under 45 spe...

My 3 month check-up CT scan is due, joy. Plus it ties in with the one the onc said I needed to see if my spine is actually  better or worse...

⚠️ 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 ...

A wonderful trip that deserves a proper post when I am strong enough.

Colin took me to my appointment today, bit of a mixed bag. They still aren’t sure if my spine is better or worse! I’m a complicated beast ...

To celebrate my good news, my lovely work took me for lunch today at a gorgeous pub and poured the below deliciousness 😀 #LoveMyJob

Sometimes in the dark it is hard to see through. This post will be one that I update as frequently as I can with the little (or large) ...

I am fecking delighted to let you know that the cancer in my sternum that was causing the most concern is gone! The cancer in the lymph nod...

So I have just realised that my posts have not been updating on my blog. They've appeared on my feed but no-one else's! I've ho...

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

Colin drove me to East Surrey for my early doors CT scan. I had to be there for 08:40, which meant rush hour traffic - lovely. When I arriv...