I have to admit it feels quite strange and self indulgent of me to be here writing about my treatment in a week where so many young lives were needlessly lost in Manchester and it does put a lot of personal troubles and worries into perspective, my heart goes out to all the people affected by the tragedy and all other such tragedies going on, all too often, all over the world. However, I am, if you forgive me, going to go ahead and indulge myself by writing another blog post as this really if the best therapy for me. The last few weeks have probably been the most challenging ones since starting chemotherapy. I think I explained a little in the first blog about the treatment plan I'd decided upon, but I'll explain again just to clarify. My chemo regime is one that is pretty standard for treatment of breast cancer in the UK, usually referred to as FEC-T - with the first 3 drugs (the FEC part -flourouracil, epirubicin & cyclphosphamide) are given in combination for three cy...
A blog about life during and after breast cancer treatment, dealing with grief and trying to find my new normal.