I am a goal setter. I don't have a 5 year plan but I always have goals, and when I achieve them, I get new ones. This year I have worked...

I can feel the awkwardness when I bang into some people. I can read their minds "Oh my God, it's her. Is she dying?" I know people are...

One of the greatest discoveries of my adult life was the nail technician. I grew up a terrible nail biter and finding acrylic nails was...

Well goodness me. Time sure does fly when you are feeling well! For those of you concerned because of my lengthy silence, please don't...

I am having a break at the beach. It is beautiful here and very relaxing. I was hoping I’d be feeling magnificent, but alas I think I am...

I confess that I have a treatment anthem. I listen to ACDC Thunderstruck turned up really LOUD and imagine smiting any stray cancer...

Today is a big day. Today marks 12 months since my mastectomy. Today I was out of town for work, looking at a building that allegedly...

When I was my daughter’s age I began to get very anxious about global thermonuclear war. I remember choosing it as a topic for a science...

My soul hurts. It is a very Slavic concept. In Ukrainian “iмоя душа болить”. In Croatian “boli me dusa”. Throughout history much Slav...

Guess who's back Back again Frana’s back Tell a friend Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's...

WT actual F? Just when I might have liked Big…when he had settled down, was happy, secure and committed…just like that…he’s dead? Good...

Ever since I was a little girl I have had an intense love of horses. My favourite TV shows were Follyfoot and Black Beauty. I read the...

Sorry for my month long absence. I have been busy improving every day. I have decided to do stuff that makes me happy while I recover...

I have started my 15 working days of radiation treatment so this post has a theme song by The Trammps https://youtu.be/A_sY2rjxq6M (more...

Chemotherapy is over! It has me looking forward. I know I still have a lot to go through - but I’m in recovery mode now. I’ll start...

At the beginning of this journey the endless time stretching out ahead of me with little to do, filled me with horror. I had lived such a...

What interesting plague infected times we live in. We were plunged into alert level 4 (our strictest lockdown conditions) on 17 August...

No raindrops on roses nor whiskers on kittens No bright copper kettles nor warm woollen mittens Some might come in brown paper packages...

I almost didn’t make it to my third round of chemo. Whilst taking my drugs one hour pre chemo, I dropped one of the pills down the side...

I have a chart on my kitchen wall with 1- 6 written on it. Those numbers represent my 6 rounds of chemotherapy. I have crossed off 1 and...