At the first appointment with the oncologist back in 2013, I was so focused on the prospect of starting chemo that it feels like I barely acknowledged the conversation we. read more…
Side Effects, Wigs and Losing my Hair Having swallowed a good load of pills and had a reasonably good night’s sleep, (despite crying myself off to sleep, still thinking “WHY?!”),. read more…
The Haircut After the appointment with Dr Shah, whereby he had told me I would lose my hair, I became determined to lose it on my own terms. The thought. read more…
CT Scan, Board Games and Cancer Face The next morning I think I woke up with a sense of disbelief. I had my appointment at 11am to have my CT scan. read more…
Diagnosis The results took a good week or so to come back. Again I tried to put it out of my mind; tried to relax and focus on the future and. read more…
Tests, Doctors and Realisation The night we got home from Turkey I couldn’t sleep; I just wanted 8:30am to arrive so that I could get Molls off to nursery, ring. read more…
You Can’t Ignore it Forever Back to reality, a sense of relief set in that the wedding was over, we were married and I didn’t have to worry about it. read more…
Surely Not… So how did all this cancer nonsense begin? Well, in typical Gemma style, it wasn’t as simple as all that, since everything else in my life got going. read more…
World Cancer Day – Setting the Scene I feel compelled today, since it’s been on my mind recently, to actually start to put into words the story of what happened. read more…
The Next Stage of Treatment – Spaying
At the first appointment with the oncologist back in 2013, I was so focused on the prospect of starting chemo that it feels like I barely acknowledged the conversation we. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 11
Side Effects, Wigs and Losing my Hair Having swallowed a good load of pills and had a reasonably good night’s sleep, (despite crying myself off to sleep, still thinking “WHY?!”),. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 9
The Haircut After the appointment with Dr Shah, whereby he had told me I would lose my hair, I became determined to lose it on my own terms. The thought. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 8
All Systems Go Little did I know that this was probably going to be the busiest week I had ever known – there was so much to do. When we. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 6
CT Scan, Board Games and Cancer Face The next morning I think I woke up with a sense of disbelief. I had my appointment at 11am to have my CT scan. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 5
Diagnosis The results took a good week or so to come back. Again I tried to put it out of my mind; tried to relax and focus on the future and. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 4
Tests, Doctors and Realisation The night we got home from Turkey I couldn’t sleep; I just wanted 8:30am to arrive so that I could get Molls off to nursery, ring. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 3
You Can’t Ignore it Forever Back to reality, a sense of relief set in that the wedding was over, we were married and I didn’t have to worry about it. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 2
Surely Not… So how did all this cancer nonsense begin? Well, in typical Gemma style, it wasn’t as simple as all that, since everything else in my life got going. read more…
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Breast Cancer at 29 – REALLY?! Chapter 1
World Cancer Day – Setting the Scene I feel compelled today, since it’s been on my mind recently, to actually start to put into words the story of what happened. read more…
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