14.06.12 am
The blog went live yesterday and I posted it on my Twitter and Facebook. It had the effect it needed by updating those who knew but also informing those who didn’t.
To be honest, i’d been trying to keep it all low profile whilst the additional tests were underway so very few people at work and just a very small circle of close friends knew. When I was in other social situations I had three ways of coping:
Ignore it;
tell people outright; or
ask the husband to do the explaining.
You’d be amazing how many times I defaulted to option three. Telling people myself felt like a kind of ‘coming out’ again. Admitting something to others, and also myself, that I knew would upset and create a difficult situation for some. I apologise to anyone reading this blog that thought I should have told them too but as my dad says, one of the two biggest lessons he’s taught me: “life isn’t fair so get over it”.
But it also throws curve balls at you that pique your interest which is what happened yesterday and made me think a couple of times, 'you've still got it'. More on that later.
I've also put on three kilos in the past two days through water retention on the steroids. Time for some brisk walks.
These blogs are deliberately short and bite size but i’ve already got a list as long as my arm of topics that I want to explore so keep on checking in. Some will be humorous (in my dark style), some educational and reminders for the boys out there about checking themselves and some just random brain dumps.
Ok, Baxter is beeping so time for a new bag and some platinum. It's not as glamorous having it on the inside rather than out.
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