I haven’t posted since November 2024 and now it is July 2025. A couple of reasons, neither of them happy ones. Last year, almost exactly a year ago, I began to experience back pain which became intractable. Under the new UK regime, post Covid, a telephone consultation with a GP only served to offer more pain killers. How you diagnose back pain without seeing the person I do not know: in fact I now know you don’t. Long story short, a very early morning visit to out of hours doctor, resulted in an emergency consultant diagnosing cancer, after a CT.
So like so many others I became embroiled in the brutal joys of chemotherapy. I won’t give more details except it proved that despite working in support of cancer patients for nearly two decades, I knew nothing!!!!! It is a horrendous experience but I am lucky it exists. Now following radiotherapy I am waiting to hear if the pet scan shows anything left that needs treatment. I am trying hard to remain positive whilst at the back of my mind I play out the scenario of being told there is more to do!! Can I do it all again: I hope so.
Those of you who have been able to stick with this, will be thinking she said two reasons. The other is an abandonment of miniatures, hopefully for the moment. Instead I have adopted handcrafts I can do sitting down, energy is a huge issue. So I have crocheted thousands of hats, lack of hair is another issue, knitted dog blankets and now I am embroidering and reading: anything that takes up minimal energy and yet occupies my mind.
So sorry for pity post but in a way I am hoping no one finds this but it has let me get stuff out.
On a positive note, family, friends and many staff have been amazing and so supportive, it has been both heartening and humbling. And I have been someone who always prayed but the power of prayer on a treatment table is awesome.
Making miniatures for fun 