Thanks for taking the time to visit my website. I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. I'm a wife and mother of 3 young children, Matthew 13, Ellie 10 and Freddie 6. I was first diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2001 at the age of 36. Following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy, I was in remission until a chance MRI scan in Feb 2005 for an unrelated problem, detected that the Cancer had returned. I was then diagnosed with Secondary Breast Cancer. The likely prognosis given in February was 18 months to 5 years. I then had to undergo aggressive Chemotherapy, but following the results of a recent bone scan, it was found that the Cancer is still spreading.
The treatment in Germany will cost thousands of pounds and for most people like myself, the opportunity for this is a dream. Many of my Family and Friends want to make this dream a reality and are making tremendous fund raising efforts, because without them, I would not be able to seek the treatment that I so obviously need and which is not being offered in this country.
When can our life be normal?
Ellie has been upset tonight. She asked me quite a few questions and I didn't want to tell her any lies. She wishes our life was normal like her friends and wanted to know when it would get better. She wanted to know when my treatment would stop and I had to kind of say that it would continue for a long time and that I would probably always have to have chemo. She came to the realisation that the chemo is what is keeping me alive. Unfortunately this really upset her. It is really hard for her at times. She has such a lot to cope with and obviously being a girl she can get quite emotional. The boys on the otherhand are a different kettle of fish.
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