While the news was still fresh in my brain, we still had to prepare for our flight to Jacksonville, Florida that was happening in a few weeks. The shock was still flying around in my mind... and tears would roll down my face from being so overwhelmed. It was time to put a checklist in … Continue reading Flying To America For Proton Beam
Proton Beam Therapy
My First PET Scan
After completing six exhausting rounds of chemotherapy - it was time: the moment we have all been waiting for, and the life or death situation. It was calling. My first PET scan was meant to be a few weeks after my last cycle of chemotherapy and my first dose of scanxiety settled in. I didn't … Continue reading My First PET Scan
Cancer: A Sister’s Perspective
I’ll never forget it… the text I received from my sister on the 15th May 2018: ‘I’m going to the Horton right now, I have an enlarged lymph node in my chest, it could be lymphoma.’ What? How is that possible? She’s 20 years old, she’s too young to get cancer and not my sister… … Continue reading Cancer: A Sister’s Perspective