Battling Big Betty:
My fight with Breast Cancer
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Friday, 2 february 2024
I chat with Lz & B in the morning and when they leave on a bike ride to Chelsea Sugarworks I go and get my weekly blood tests done. I am loving having Lz & B here and they are very easy people to be around but I’m knackered just from all the socialising. By…
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Thursday, 1 February 2024
Today is a busy one. Susannah’s sister Lz and her husband B arrive from Canada. It feels like just yesterday since we last saw them. I cannot believe it’s been 5 years! How on earth did that happen? Oh, that’s right, there was a pandemic! They settle in and we catch up. They’ve brought gifts!…
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Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Finally my Art Therapy class starts up again today. Boy oh boy I’ve missed these ladies. I update them on my diagnosis and prognosis and they are all super supportive. I cry as I do whenever anyone expresses sympathy or kindness but with these ladies we are soon chatting and joking as normal. It’s fabulous!…
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Tuesday, 30 January 2024
My cancer has spread everywhere. It is out of control. As I lie in a hospital room the doctors tell me they need to take more of my body away. I can still move my head so I look down and survey what remains. I can see my torso. It is scarred and puckered from…
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Sunday, 28 January 2024
Every morning over the past 8 months when I wake, I look out the window to the left and say morena to the kauri trees outside. Then, looking around the bedroom, one of the first things I see is my workstation under the far window. Even though I don’t particularly like my job and have…