My life was all planned out. My future ventures and aspirations were drawn into my brain like a map, with everything leading to the right place: first stop university, then my ambition to be a successful business woman, next finding my dream partner and home, and all these places led to the final destination of a family. Ever since I was young, I had always dreamt about being a mum, it seemed like the most magnificent job in the world. Unfortunately, not everything goes in the right direction... CRASH LANDING - BE AWARE THAT YOUR FUTURE PLANS MAY BE IN JEOPARDY! My future life disposed right ..read more

I think for a lot of people the main goal after cancer treatment is to get back into exercise - it sure was for me! 3 months into remission: I'm swimming, cycling and gradually getting back to PE. I do have to admit, it has been exhausting for me, but Im glad to be back into it. Exercise definitely isn't easy, but it is a good way to build your strength up after chemo. Here are my top tips: 1. Don't rush it! You just beat cancer. You enter remission feeling invincible. Rightly so, but you do have to remember that your body has endured a damn hard battle, and it won't get back to normal as qui ..read more

1 month seems a long time, but in actual fact it really isn't. It surprised me how quickly I regained my strength and energy after just one month. It goes to show how much of a battering the body takes whilst on chemo drugs. Of course my energy is nowhere near perfect - it can take months and sometimes years for energy to come back fully, but for now it feels a lot better than it did when I was on treatment. You aren't going to be climbing mountains or running marathons anytime soon, but you will feel a new found energy that you didn't have before. It is important to embrace that energy by ge ..read more

When I got diagnosed with cancer my life was on the line and every day I feared that I was going to die. Since the day of my diagnosis, I have realised how precious life is, and that you have to live every second because you never know when it could end. Now I am in remission I have a whole new gratitude and thrive for life. For 18 months I learnt how to live a "cancer life" and I embraced each day of it; but I never truly understood how different it was until I came into remission. I have currently been in remission for a little over 2 weeks and already I feel free, I feel happy and I feel un ..read more

If you asked me a couple of weeks ago my feelings towards remission, I would have given you a very straight forward "Im not ready.". The thought of remission seemed very foreign to me. The last 18 months has been chemo after chemo, and it has become my normal life, so to comprehend a life without chemo was very hard for me. In a way, I was scared to think of that new chapter of my life, I was scared that I would forget the past 18 months of my life. Also, chemo has given me a suit of armour, I don't have to worry about relapse. However, remission is like going into a battle with no armour, and ..read more

A bone marrow or stem cell transplant replaces damaged blood cells with healthy ones. This transplant can be the last chance of survival for people suffering with Leukaemia and lymphoma, like my good friend Jay. Jay had lymphoblastic lymphoma, and had a bone marrow transplant in July after undergoing an unsuccessful course of chemotherapy. The transplant was a success, buy Jay's health took a turn for the worst after contracting Influenza and microangiopathy, which was a complication caused by his bone marrow transplant. Jay sadly passed away on January 9th. The reason I am doing this blogpost ..read more

I am in disbelief that 2016 has come to an end; it only seems like yesterday that I was declared No Evidence of Disease at the start of the year. 2016 has been a fantastic year, despite still being in cancer treatment, I am able to do the most amazing things. Cancer is the worst thing that has happened to me, but I am glad that 2016 has reflected how I made my cancer a positive not a negative. 2016 had a tough beginning. Fighting both cancer and anxiety was the toughest part of my battle. I don't want to think of the panic attacks, and the fear, and the side effects from both chemotherapy &am ..read more

There is a lot of things I thought I would experience in my life such as Sky diving, meeting a celebrity and going to America. But I would have never thought I would get the honour to visit 10 Downing Street and meet the Prime Minister! I remember receiving the invitation and thinking "Is this real?". It was a great evening with amazing people and an amazing charity. Approaching the 10 Downing Street door was an iconic moment for me because it seemed so unreal. It has always been something I have seen on TV, never would I have dreamed of being so close to the real thing. Entering 10 Downing S ..read more

On my social media I get a lot of queries and questions about my maintenance chemotherapy, as best as I try and explain it, it is still rather confusing, so I thought I would make a blog post all about it! After completing 9 rounds of intensive chemotherapy and 28 sessions of radiotherapy, I started a year long maintenance chemotherapy regime. This consists of 12 cycles of chemotherapy: there are 4 weeks in each cycle, and I get chemotherapy via my port for 3 weeks of that cycle then a week off. This chemotherapy is called Vinorelbine. Also each morning I have to take an oral chemotherapy cal ..read more

CANCER. I couldn't believe it. The shock was unreal. Why me? How could this happen to me? Why did this happen to me? Am I going to die? What will I look like bald? How are my family going to deal with this? Getting you cancer diagnosis is the scariest thing, because you really don't know what the future will hold, I sure didn't. When I got diagnosed with cancer I had many ways in which I coped with it, I want to give you my advice and tips. All these possible outcomes and endless amount of questions fill your mind uncontrollably, it is hard to get away from them and it can make you feel very ..read more