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…

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…

Chemo Numero Tres

I did that dance again... The little jig that's become habit when I get to the door of Gate 23... I just don't want to do it! Ever! Again! Yet every week here I am. It's like a reoccuring nightmare!!  I hate it. I just really hate it. The needles, the bloods, the obs, the…

Chemo #2 Just the Paclitaxel

Friday was round two... This time it was "just" the Paclitaxel... So in we went... With my list of ailments as long as my arm from having the Paclitaxel & Carboplatinum the week before, and my bloods form from the genetics team in Leeds. I hesitated before we entered Gate 23... Did a little "I…

Hi, I’m Anna

Hey, I'm Anna, and I have breast cancer. Sounds a bit surreal really, like that statements not actually about me... Because I'm also a mum. A mum to two beautiful, hilarious, kind & clever children, and Russell the Jack Russell; a ball obsessed dog that could make the pope swear. I'm the eldest of three daughters,…