Tag: Hodgkins Lymphoma
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The Sides of Suffering
Yesterday marked two years since I received my own stem cells back after having several days of gruelling high-dose chemotherapy. Having a stem cell transplant to kick the return of Hodgkin Lymphoma after 10 years being cancer free was one of the hardest times of my life. For those wondering…
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5 reflections from my hospital bed
In the last few months I have spent some time in hospital as an inpatient. The first time I was in for just over two weeks in April for my stem cell transplant. The second was for a couple of days or so in June as I had pneumonia. As…
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The Mustard Seed Mum: When Mummy’s Sick
I’m not a mummy blogger with Pinterest boards of fun activities to do, Instagram stories of days out with my two little ones or a YouTuber with life advice on how to survive those early months and years. The Mustard Seed Mum is just my corner to reflect on motherhood…
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The Hardest Post
It’s a Sunday afternoon with the clearest of blue skies, a breeze that rustles through the trees and the sense that this summer will be better than the last. Lockdowns became a catalyst for breakdowns of relationships, the mind, the body and much more. There was so much loss felt…
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Life’s Tough Decisions And Why I’m Looking Up
Hello dearest followers of my wacky yet wonderful blog posts! I have not written for a while because I have been busy visiting friends for a week, working and anticipating the results of the end of my chemotherapy. So apologies, but I am back with a lot to say as…
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Have You Got A Bucket List?
I have just read an article in The Sun about a 15 year old girl – Alice Pyne – who has been battling cancer for 4 years. She has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, the same as me (although there are so many sub-types etc. that it is most likely not exactly the…
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Aroma
Well, I suppose I should get more acquainted with this ‘blog’ so here goes my second attempt at a ‘post’. I’d like to start writing something worth writing about, but at the moment I really haven’t got a direction… I have finished my first assignment for a creative writing course…
Ruth Clemence 