January 2011
19 posts
A Beautiful Weekend
Thank you to my bestest bud Mole and Si (they are separate people by the way!) for an amazing and classic weekend. You managed to take my mind of everything - mainly through aggressive Mario Kart racing and stuffing myself silly with fine cuisine! What the hell - it worked!
“Leonardo DiCaprio painted the Sistine Chapel…”
– Jasmine (Chia-Li) Chen
“The universe is too immense to imagine and infinitely mysterious. And if you...”
– Lucid Living by Timothy Freke This book arrived in the post today from my friend Lizzie, thank you Liz!
Holly, this is not an old persons disease as many believe.. you are a walking example of that. My mum at 52 is in a similar position.. i CANNOT imagine the year you’ve had. To document it in this way and try and breath words into an impossible situation is brave, honest and self-less. Your blog and my mother too have inspired me and I will spend my life educating as many as possible about...
Willow Foundation →
I was recently shown this by my team at the hospice - I thought I would post a link as it may be something other people in similar circumstances would want to consider applying for.
Hi Holly
Hi Holly,
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. You have been through so much this past year one cannot help but applaud your strength in getting through such intense surgeries and treatments. I wish you well on this next stage, the chemotherapy treatment sessions. You are strong and calm, although you may not always feel it, and I wish you well.
Love,
Judith McGuinness
Chemotherapy
After detailed discussions with my oncologist and specialist consultants, I have decided to go ahead and have some more treatment. Last time, I had a chemical cocktail of 3 different drugs. My oncologist suggested replacing one of them with a different drug this time - however, one of the side effects would be loosing my hair…and at this stage I just can’t handle this happening. So...
Parallel Worlds →
I have always been interested in science - and since my diagnosis I have wanted to educate myself more than ever. My friend Tom recommended this documentary. It tells the story of Eels lead singer Mark Everett and his father Hugh Everett who was once a top quantum physicist. Well worth a watch… Although I’m still not sure I understand quantum mechanics!
My Story
In January 2010 I was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer. It was in February 2010 that a CT scan revealed that the cancer in my colon had spread to my liver - where I had 25 secondary growths. After 6 months of Chemotherapy, I received the news that my tumors had shrunk by 60%. It was then that my liver surgeon and his team agreed to perform a liver resection to remove the 25 lesions. I was told...