1st April 2024.

2 Years

Since hearing the words,

‘I’m sorry, you have cancer.’

A ‘cancerversary’ is a strange day, one that brings up a lot of different emotions. The day I was given a diagnosis that will shape the rest of my life.

‘Am I done now?’ Is a question I often get asked but it’s hard to explain that I’ll never be done. Cancer is far too complex to simply just disappear. The next 10 years I’ll be trying to navigate through hormone treatment & a life time of pushing away the little thoughts of guilt, worry or fear of reoccurrence that creep in.

But amongst the bad thoughts, cancer has also brought a lot of good ones. And I am incredibly grateful for these. 🙏🏻

Your perspective shifts, priorities change & you cherish the little things in life.

It’s given me a new appreciation of my resilience and how much my body & mind can endure.

A new drive to push myself out of my comfort zone & do things I would never have done before. To stop waiting for that right time and say yes to more.

Time has become so much more precious.

And so it only felt right, to start today with a beautiful sea swim, in the beautiful sunshine with my beautiful sister.

💛

Here’s to another year of sticking the middle finger up to the big C 🖕🏻