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Every person matters. Every action counts. Today is #WorldCancerDay. Who are you and what will you do?  #IAmAndIWill  World Cancer Day takes place on 4 February and is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The idea is to raise worldwide awareness, improving education and harnessing people power to reimagine a world where millions of preventable cancer… Continue reading World cancer day, 2020

I used to say every birthday I was 29. Why was I denying myself the years of happiness and wisdom (yup!) I am privileged to have? So I'm screaming into the first day of being 43 utterly disgracefully by laying here thinking about having ice cream for breakfast! If you know me, you know the… Continue reading Growing old (dis) gracefully

As 2018 drew to a close there were times we felt a little bit sorry for ourselves. The latter part of the year had been really tough on both of us, on mini J and of course the folks, siblings and dear friends. Christmas was nice but not what it would normally be. I wasn't… Continue reading A whole year of Bling!

The first 365 days of living with a stoma

20th November 2018.  Jeez, how weird is that, I haven't poo'd like I was born to for 365 days now.  I went into hospital to spend the night before my op. To'ing and fro'ing, no one knowing if I needed moviprep, an enema or equally nothing, me desperately dreading the time that Mr J was told… Continue reading The last day my bum had a poo