Hi...

I am new to this... Just finished chemo but bang in the middle of this my aunt died. My aunt brought me up mostly after my own mum died from cancer when I was twelve... People have said I have been so strong and coped every step of the way ( to be honest I don't think I have exhaled since I was diagnosed on 9 march ... Mastectomy ...  16 lots of chemo ....waiting on gene testing !) Seems like I am talking about someone else when I have typed that ... I still don't think it has sunk in despite all I have been through ....

  • Yikes - you are going through one hell of a journey.  Isn't it weird that being strong is seen as the ultimate acolade?  Can you be kind to yourself soon and just give yourself time and space to grieve and ......inhale!  What would represent for you the sense of being in a good place to just be?  A beach?  A cave?  A mountain?  A 5 star hotel?  A spa?  A book in front of a log fire?  A party?  Whatever it might be - why not try and work towards trying to get there and be compassionate to yourself and breathe.  Sian xxx