Blog Archive
More myself for being less myself
Having had radiotherapy to my fifth round of brain tumours in September 2020, I have now received my latest scan results. I could just share the facts with you but want to be open about the complexities and related challenges – for which I seek understanding not...
My 5-Year Cancerversary: the shit and the shine
On 13th October 2014, I heard the words, “Your cancer is incurable, Mrs Sabbage. We will treat you as best we can, but I suggest you get your affairs in order.” At that point, I was riddled with tumours. Left lung. Spine. Lymph nodes. Shoulders. Ribs. Brain. Within...
Latest Health Challenge
This may be my final furlong, but I still have hope They’re back. Brain tumours. Round four. I’ve known for two months but needed some private time to come to terms with this development and dismantle my initial conviction that “No one comes back from brain tumours...
Personal News
Greetings on this wet winter’s day in the South East of England where most of the trees are naked and Christmas lights are starting to flicker on people’s houses. Since my last update I have had radiotherapy to the primary tumour in my lung after it grew for the first...
Mixed News – A Health Update
After a year of remarkable wellness I got my latest scan results this week. I am very relieved to report that my brain, which has been riddled with tumours three times in as many years, remains virtually clear (but for a tiny spot we have been monitoring for some...
My Life Went BOOM!
This time a year ago I was losing my balance as tumours permeated my brain. Today I feel well, energised, focused, dare I say ‘normal’. And I just got my latest scan results. All is well. No change since last time. Brain clear but for a tiny spot. Rest of me rocking...
A Christmas Miracle
I received the best possible Christmas present this week. Exactly a year ago, multiple brain tumours were discovered for the third time in as many years, including activity in the meninges (brain lining and fluid pathways) which usually means “game over”. As many of...
Bitter Sweet – A Health Update: 29 Sept 2017
This week – on the same day I heard that my dear friend, Annie Wegelius, had died from breast cancer – I got my latest scan results. Two months ago, I could not walk a few yards without assistance and didn’t think I would make this Christmas. Today I am virtually...
Health Update: 10 August 2017
Yesterday I received my first ‘fare-thee-well, thank you for your life’ letter. A bona fide and very final goodbye. It was loving and beautiful and I got it for what it was, but it was premature. I also realised that it was most likely a response to my recent Facebook...
Postcard 17: Health Update, 16 June 2017
Health Update: 21 May 2017
I don’t think I’ve been in touch since my brain surgery two months ago. Sorry about that. It’s been pretty full on of late. I know some of you are wondering how I’m doing and I wish I had the bandwidth to blog about it. There is the medical news, which I will...
How to Prepare for Brain Surgery
Do a four-day juicing fast with high nutrient shots and supplements. Then eat for a few days to build strength (super food smoothies, soup, lots of vegetables, good fat, healthy protein, even a raw food brownie). Have a hot stone massage and some lymph drainage. Relax...
Health Update: 25 Feb 2017
So, my friends, this is happening… Having been told the spots on my early December brain scan were all just scarring and “not to worry”, I have learnt this wasn’t the case. Eight weeks later my neurosurgeon called me in to tell me about a new tumour that seemed to be...
Postcard 16: Latest Scan Results, 4 Oct 2016
Health Update | 19 August 20216
May 23: 8 hours Gamma Knife radiation to 27 small brain tumours. Backed up by ozone therapy, vitamin C infusions, bicarbonate infusions, supplements from Dana Flavin and other alternative treatments. Aug 17: Almost all brain tumours GONE and last few GOING. These are...