Graphic images of a young woman’s double mastectomy opened the program. Real life stories showed the reality of cancer and its effects on people’s lives. A young man with eye cancer, who lost much of his face but survived. A father of two young boys, trying new treatment for bladder cancer, a 22 year old woman with ovarian cancer going through hysterectomy and chemo. So many of us are already affected by cancer, know someone who has it or who sadly has died from it. I feel so incredibly lucky to have only lost a breast, to not have suffered the effects of radiotherapy or chemotherapy and to be returning to a full and healthy life. Three weeks into the adjuvant treatment,Tamoxifen and no apparent side effects . More broken nails than usual but that could be the effects of 5 weeks of being more or less indoors, lacking in sunshine and daylight!
I’ve been looking into re booking the Sahara
trek for early next year. I was originally booked to be flying away today, for
a week of trekking in the sand and sleeping out under the stars in a Bedouin
tent with a few camels and some like-minded travellers. The whole idea holds
even more appeal than when I first booked it and I guess will prove to be just
a little more challenging and rewarding. Very excited to be having a taste of
adventure next weekend when I shall be spending three nights under canvas in a
yurt!
No comments:
Post a Comment