August 31st

We've just had a great week with my nieces - Lauren & Isabel came back to the UK with me last Tuesday and then Heather & Leah joined us on Friday. It was so lovely to spend time with them and get to take them swimming, shopping, to wildlife parks, playgrounds & the biggest treat of all - Legoland!! They went home well tired after their holiday & ready to go back to school tomorrow.

It was a good test of my energy & stamina too but I did quite well and feel I'm starting to get my energy back again. I'm feeling it today though & am pretty tired after the week!!

August 21st

I've been back in Cork for the last week, spending time with family and friends. It's been really lovely to catch up with everyone, especially now that all my treatment is over & I'm starting to feel a bit more like myself again.

I'm going back to the UK on Tuesday and my two nieces are coming back with me for a little holiday before they go back to school. So looking forward to having them to stay!

August 13th

Yesterday evening I went to see my consultant in Oxford for my post radiotherapy check up. She gave me a very thorough check up and told me that everything looks really well. She was very pleased with my progress and doesn't want to see me again! We were so thrilled to hear this news and it really is beginning to sink in now that it's all over :)

We are so thankful to God for His gift of healing & to all our friends and family who have been faithfully praying for my recovery over the last number of months. All your prayers (and ours) have been answered in an amazing way!!

Once again we are overwhelmed by the love and support of those around us (and those further away). Thank you doesn't begin to express how we feel but we so appreciate all the messages, texts, cards, calls, emails, gifts, flowers, visits & everything you have all done for us over the past year - we are truly blessed!

August 9th

We're just back from a really lovely relaxing break in the sun :) Dave was able to take some time off work and we got a good last minute deal. It wasn't planned but it was SO good to have a break and I don't think we realised how much we needed a holiday until we got there! The last holiday we had was our honeymoon, this time last year :)

It may seem strange, but once all my treatment was over, initially I felt over the moon but then everything started to hit me and I felt quite down. While I was going through the treatment I was so focused on getting through it that I don't think I really thought about everything that was happening. But once it was over it started to sink in what we'd just been through - apparently this is quite normal but I wasn't really prepared for it. The holiday really helped us take time out, get a different perspective and relax & enjoy time together :) The only downside was having to come back :(

Thank you SO much to everybody for your extremely generous support for the Race for Life. Andrea & I raised £445 between us and I have no doubt that this will go to a very good cause to raise funds for cancer research and help other people in the future, in the same way that research over the last number of years has helped me over the last 9 months.