Ding Ding! Ding Ding!

So today…. This happened… Look at all my chemo chins!! I had my oncology appointment just before this photo was taken… The second time in a week. Last week I was neutropenic and still on antibiotics, so not fit to have my second cycle of EC. My neutrophils were at 0.7, less than half what…

How Low Can You Go – Part 2

8-9 hours… To wait for a bed. At this point I'd already been there approx 10 hours and I just wanted to cry. I'd had enough. I was weak. I was sick. The room wouldn't stop spinning. I could hear somebody crying out in another cubicle. I was so thirsty. How could I be this…

How Low Can You Go – Part One…

So as expected, the chemo, once again, did not agree with me. Tuesday rolled around and by the afternoon I was sat on the living room floor, crying, asking my mum if she'd stay the night because I felt so bloody rotten; whether it was intuition, or what, I don't know, but that decision saved…

One Down, Three To Go!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! That, that right there was my mood last Monday morning. Throw in some grumbling stomach noises, a helping of nausea, a side of insomnia and a shot of snotty tears and we're good to go!! I should have been absolutely buzzing after the news the week before, but this new chemo had absolutely destroyed…

Onwards & Upwards

How's your week been so far? I'm here to wish you not only a happy hump day! But to give you all some absolutely wonderful news!!! Yesterday was my third MRI!! Can't beat a bit of verbal abuse from a giant metal robot first thing on a Tuesday morning… Or can you? Afterwards, as I…

Great Progress & Donkey Legs!!

So, I saw my lovely Oncologist Dr K on Thursday! She's thrilled with my progress and how well I'm doing on this new chemo!! The plan going forward - My last lot of Paclitaxel Albumin on Friday, MRI & next Oncologist next Tuesday & Wednesday, and then my next round of chemo - my first…

New Year, New Me…?

Well guys, what can I say? What a fucking year eh?! I'd love to say I'm starting the new year on a high, but these past couple of days (well months!) have been hard y'all!! My Christmas has been wonderful, but of course, in true Brown style, everything comes to a screeching halt. I can…

Never a Dull Moment

Good Afternoon you lovely lot! What a bag of ball sacks the past few days have been. As most parents can appreciate, usually if your children decide to bring something home from school, or you catch a hacking cough and snotty cold, it's usually passed between each family member, and usually before the holidays! Because…

Some Good News

So as most of you may know from following my blog, this chemo has literally been kicking my arse on a weekly basis. My body has pretty much been in "computer says no!" mode since my treatment started. There have been days when I've felt so absolutely low, and so so rotten, that I've genuinely…

The Big Shave

Sorry it's taken so long to get his out! So the day I braved the shave had arrived! I got up early that morning to tidy round and put some breakfast out for my friends to nibble on… I made a cup of tea up and had a little cry about what was about to…