It's been some time again, for which I apologise, but life has really taken some dramatic and devastating twists and turns. Too many to mention here and too painful to discuss, but needless to say my contingency planning came into force mid June and life has been cruel ever since. It really does make you wonder how much one person can really take.
On my Lymphoma journey more checkups have been and gone and my latest didn't go quite as well as hoped with signs of the onset of tissue damage now to my organs. My medical team have become part of my extended family and whom I trust with my life, quite literally.
Some of the more dramatic events show glimmers of resolution in the not too distant future and once those settle I have some significant changes of my own planned and cannot wait for that moment to come when I can put them into practice. Oh how I intend to relish that day.
About Me
- About Me
- My name is Samantha, Sammy to many of my family, Sam to my friends. My blog describes the journey I have undertaken so far and the journey I continue to make having been diagnosed with Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage 4 in December 2009. With the exception of surgery at point of diagnosis I have been actively monitored under a "watch and wait" approach and achieved 5 years without treatment and monitoring only last December. My prognosis is approximately 10 years but for every year we watched and waited I have felt positive that this would be extending that prognosis. I am very happily married to Roy and celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary last October and we have a beautiful 9-year old son Callum. My Step-Daughter, 20-year old Hayley who lived with us is now at University. Our house is awash with my beloved pets, our 2 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, "Amber" and "Saffy", "Caboodle" the cat and "Elliott" the Rex rabbit. The opinions on this blog are my own and based on my personal experience.
