For the first time in this journey I have been feeling a bit miserable when I look in the mirror, thinking it’s only going to get worse….fat, bald, unfit and soon to be boobless….and then the universe sends me two very timely reminders this morning.
RIP Mark Beswick who would have been 44 today
& A shout out to a colleague Matt Jackson who is battling for his life with leukemia.
Life sux and then you die so make every moment count, even the sucky ones. It’s part if this thing we call LIFE
HAPPY DAYS XX
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I was 21 and I was planning a wedding, buying a house and had a job interview for the job of my dreams on my 22nd birthday. You see I was being made redundant and had to find a new job by August. Especially with the new mortgage now. It was April. I worked for CML and my new job was a done deal. All I needed was a medical. And with that, just like that....my life was turned upside down and I was diagnosed with CML, ha ha, I know the irony. My hematologist had a laugh at that too. I had Chronic Myeloid Leukeamia, which was normally reserved for 70 year old men. Quite rare for a young adult to get, so how would they treat it? I underwent two separate trials until finally it was decided my best chance of survival (all be it only 50% chance), would be a MUD BMT (matched unrelated bone marrow transplant), now known as VUD Allograt (volunteer unrelated donor). I was told 21 years ago the chance of finding a match was 1 in 20,000 (and that is everyone was on the bone marrow donor registry). Scary odds. So being the risk taker I am I said "go for it". They found a match and that was my first miracle in this journey. The second miracle was, it worked - new blood type, two different DNA profiles and the miracle of medicine was reborn inside me. The third miracle is my son.
25 years on, I now face a new challenge. Breast Cancer. Certainly not the first person to have cancer, to have invasive ductile cancer, hormone receptive and HER2 +, or to even have a dual diagnosis. But this is not another Webiste about a cancer survivor, this is just my excuse to finally publicly write. Along the way I am hoping I can share some insights I have learnt over the years and at the same time, give you a good belly laugh.
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So true Deb. You are allowed to have days when you feel miserable, it’s part of the process. You have such a strong spirit and nothing will keep you down for long. Just fight this bugger and keep your gloves up! Xxxx
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Happy Birthday to Mark – such an amazingly strong man.
My thoughts and best wishes to your colleague Matt.
And to you my friend – How about you look in the mirror and see you as I do -strong, inspirational, much loved and beautiful. If you need help to do this I will stand beside you and chant it until you believe it. Xx
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thus is why I love u chez
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Sending you love, positivity and a big hug Xxx
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