Battling Big Betty:
My fight with Breast Cancer
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Monday, 22 January 2024
It’s Chemo Day. Today is the first new treatment at the Harbour Cancer and Wellness Center. It feels a bit weird to be going somewhere other than the North Shore hospital Breast Clinic for chemo. Unlike the hospital, these private facilities are spacious, spotless and everything looks new. The staff are friendly and welcoming and…
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Sunday, 21 January 2024
Late last year we booked our van in for some January camping upgrades, thinking we would do more regular trips away. Now the need for camping has become more urgent so we debated whether or not to continue with the renos or just use it as is. After all we’ve already had some amazing trips…
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Friday, 19 January 2024
Auntie L has arranged for me to go on a mystery date with her this morning. She picks me up around 8am and we head off. At first I’ve no idea where we are going but then as we travel over the top of a hill I see a beautiful field of yellow in the…
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Tuesday, 16 January 2024
It’s simple tasks today – blood tests pre-chemo – these will now become weekly again. Prescription fulfilment for chemo – more steroids, yuk! A port flush with the District Nurses – I almost cancel this as it’s only about a week until chemo starts but decide to go ahead to ensure Murphy’s Law doesn’t get…
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Thursday, 18 January 2024
At lunchtime Dr Sk calls with my PET-CT scan results. The cancer has not spread to my brain and there are no other new lesions elsewhere in my body. Yay! The existing lesions have grown though, so the cancer is as aggressive as before. This fits in with my feeling that the lump under my…