This last week, I officially hit menopause. On Wednesday 24th August, it was 12 months since I last had a period. Warning: post menopausal bleeding This is important, so I'm going to put it right here so that hopefully, more people see it. Any vaginal bleeding post menopause needs to be referred to a doctor with a degree of urgency. If your doctor doesn't take you seriously, go to another doctor. Bleeding after menopause can be disconcerting, but the good news is, more than ... continue reading...
Spoon theory
Fuck Cancer
I joke that cancer, especially chemotherapy, was so bad I wrote poetry. This poem is the second of what ended up being a series of five. This was written post-surgery, before starting chemotherapy. Breast are a funny thing, right? I have... had, rather a marvellous rack. Breasts are a secondary sex organSome lovers wax lyrical over.Creepy men a little less poetic. So breasts are sexy except...When they a feeding babies,And then they need to be hidden. Does that mean ..I ... continue reading...
Friday 13th August 2021: Cancer Journal 14 ~ Chemo Edition
What I shared on Facebook on Friday 13th August 2021 as my Cancer Journal Number 14. These cancer journals were my ongoing strategy of keeping people up to date without having to share the same information again and again. I would write, and then I would get specific friends to act as beta readers, and that was helpful. Then I would post to Facebook, send the same message by email, What’s App, SMS, etc. It saved a lot of emotional energy for me, and that was becoming vital. ⭐ ... continue reading...
Haunted Temple, Sacred Vessel
I joke that cancer, especially chemotherapy, was so bad I wrote poetry. This poem is one of what ended up being a series of five. This was written post-surgery, before starting chemotherapy. I reject the reduction of my selfTo a set of breasts and a vulva.I am not my body parts,I am not my hair.I don't owe you my smile.My body is a whole countryAnd it is mine.My sovereignty, my flesh vehicleMy home, the castle in which I live.My body is my temple,My sacred cave where I ... continue reading...
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