I've got a song playing in my head that I can't get rid of.
No it's not the John Lewis ad or Mariah Carey but an opening number from a school play from when I was about nine years old. I can't remember any of the other words apart from 'back to school, we're going back toooo school.."
There probably weren't many more words given nine year olds had to learn it.
I was in one of the lead roles and then I wasn't. I'm going to have to ask mum why that was. Anyway, it's back to school day for me today after that phone call in early June that told me my levels were up and I needed to start treatment as soon as possible.
It's amazing how easy it was to turn off my email on my iPhone that day and I haven't looked at it since. Queue queasy stomach about turning it back on. But it's also surprising how normal it feels sitting on the train again heading into the office.
I'm on a phased return for the first few months and people keep telling me that I will be surprised at how tired I will get. Lets see.
Given the nature of my role I won't be going into any detail about my return so I suppose this closes a chapter in the reason for this blog. I'm not going to close the blog though. In my notebook I've found a number of ideas for blogs that I wrote down during my first cycle of chemo so I'm going to develop them.
So, like that troupe of nine year olds in bright clothes with backpacks on and a huge grin on their faces... "It's baaaack tooooo schoooool."
No it's not the John Lewis ad or Mariah Carey but an opening number from a school play from when I was about nine years old. I can't remember any of the other words apart from 'back to school, we're going back toooo school.."
There probably weren't many more words given nine year olds had to learn it.
I was in one of the lead roles and then I wasn't. I'm going to have to ask mum why that was. Anyway, it's back to school day for me today after that phone call in early June that told me my levels were up and I needed to start treatment as soon as possible.
It's amazing how easy it was to turn off my email on my iPhone that day and I haven't looked at it since. Queue queasy stomach about turning it back on. But it's also surprising how normal it feels sitting on the train again heading into the office.
I'm on a phased return for the first few months and people keep telling me that I will be surprised at how tired I will get. Lets see.
Given the nature of my role I won't be going into any detail about my return so I suppose this closes a chapter in the reason for this blog. I'm not going to close the blog though. In my notebook I've found a number of ideas for blogs that I wrote down during my first cycle of chemo so I'm going to develop them.
So, like that troupe of nine year olds in bright clothes with backpacks on and a huge grin on their faces... "It's baaaack tooooo schoooool."
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