31 Day Challenge
A difficult time in your life
8 years ago.
My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer.
My dad gave up, he really struggled, he'd never had to cope on his own with my brother and I before.
My brother refused to visit my mum in hospital because seeing her surrounded with tubes traumatised him.
Then...
6 months later.
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.
It was a tough time in our house.
The rest of the family, sort of, gave up on us. No-one knew what to say to us.
It was bad enough with my mum, but with me too!? At the same time!?
We got through it though, together.
We were the first mother/daughter duo to be treated at the cancer unit at the same time.
In fact, we were the first pair of relatives to be treated at the same time!
Then...
Two years later, the Hodgkin's Disease came back
This time it was even more serious. The survival rate for relapsed Hodgkin's Disease was dramatically low.
The treatment involved 10 weeks of chemotherapy then a bone marrow transplant and a 6 week stay in an isolation unit 100 miles away from my home town.
But again, I got through it.
It's been 4 years since my last treatment.
I'm still seeing my Haematologist every 6 months, the plan is I'll be discharged for good next year.
Mum was discharged 3 years ago.
It was difficult at the time. But I think we handled it extremely well.
We both continued with work, we both led normal lives outside of our appointments. I even carried on with my Thursday nights out with the girls!
It was everyone else around us who freaked out.
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