Tag: childless
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Coping with grief when you’re okay is weird
It’s Autumn and if you’ve stuck with me through the years you’ll know that it’s my favourite season. The temperatures are just starting to cool off slightly and today it was foggy this morning – and I do so love a foggy morning! In this post I talk about cancer, suicide, and childlessness so if…
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Getting outside of your comfort zone is good for you, right?
Anyone that knows me well enough knows the thought of doing any kind of public speaking terrifies me. There’s a reason I have a blog and don’t do videos – I’m not comfortable in front of a camera and writing is definitely my forte. So when an opportunity came up to share my childless story…
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My own personal grief
Right before lockdown in the UK started I was looking into therapy. I was trying to find someone that could help me deal with navigating the circumstances of being unable to have children. You see, it was Mother’s Day here in the UK in March and I was bombarded constantly with reminders of what I…
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One year later
Content warning: suicide, cancer. This week is the year anniversary of my last hysteroscopy follow up, when we already knew the results weren’t positive so thankfully we were prepared and we made the decision for me to get a hysterectomy. I have my 1 year post-cancer follow up next week (a month early but that’s…
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F*ck Cancer
6 months ago I was diagnosed with womb cancer. 3 months ago I found out the dosage of progesterone I was currently taking wasn’t having enough of an effect and the oncologists thought if it was doubled I’d have much better progress in treating the cancer. Last month it was confirmed by my doctor and…