Diary of a Saasy Girl

A project is a defined allotment of time in which to deliver change. At some point a project will come to a close, whether it be at the end of a phase of work, or when the money runs out. Whatever the reason, there are tasks to complete to help wrap up the project and to move onto other things; project closure.  It's the same for me and my breast cancer journey. I gave myself a milestone of completing all the big, impactful treatments - the chemo, 2 surgeries and radiotherapy and then drawing a line under them when they were all finished as a way to say my journey was done.  Often in projects, when a phase is completed the team celebrates. It is used as a mental note to acknowledge the end. It's also very useful to highlight this to clients too, but thats for another blog.  I decided I wanted to do the same and so we devised a project closure road trip. We decided to return to the place we fled to last year on the day of my official cancer diagnosis, to a hotel right on t...

Last time I wrote I mentioned that I had completed the first 5 radiotherapy treatments. Apart from fatigue I was coping well. The medical team were excellent and always so chirpy as they looked after me each day. I also had catch ups with my Clinical Oncologist to check on progress and also chats with another member of the team to check on my general wellbeing and if there was any further support that I needed.  When you go through a cancer journey you spend months inside a bubble of continuous medical care and attention. When these large treatment stages finish the patient can suddenly feel a bit isolated, now released back into the wild to manage their drug therapy, mostly alone, as frequent touch points aren't needed. Good news, there are many associations and charities out there, who understand what the patient has gone through and can offer emotional support and practical tips to move forward with their lives. I've been given a booklet called 'Moving Forward' with ...