All change

So... in my real life I'm a single mum of 2, a daughter, a sister, aunt, friend.  I work as a Nurse Sister in mental health. 

Normal n uneventful. 

Till the day I fainted at the top of my stairs, falling and causing a brain bleed, smashed up face etc etc 4 weeks ago

And then came the news - I have leukaemia.

Thats why I felt ***, that's why I was anaemic, that's why I fainted and fell.

My life has changed completely in a very short period of time and I'm struggling a bit.  I haven't been home yet because I'm getting treatment and I'm missing my old normal life.  

It will get back to normal though - even if it's a new normal?

 
 

  • Hi ya ...

    I've found we change on diagnosis... some yearn for the old "normal" we all do .. but I've found a new normal ... where cancer is in the shadows ..and it always will be ... but there can be a better "normal" a normal that thinks every day is a bonus .. look at life and those we love through new eyes .. eyes that knew we loved them .. but now every moment with them is appreciated... every smile ... every I love you and every hug takes on new meaning .. 

    Yes it's a crule rollercoaster ride... one we don't know when we can get off .. but it's up to us to make that new normal happen .. and whatever it has in store for us .. we can stick two fingers up to cancer .. it may hurt our bodies but if we hold on, it can't change who we are .. who we have been or who we become ..

    Sending you a vertual hug... ride the ups and downs and know it's o.k to feel scared or angry .. it's o.k to have bad days .. but then look around that rollercoaster... thers all of us on that same ride with you .. your not alone ... Chrissie xx