I am consistently amazed by the ability of the human body to recover from abuse.
This picture was taken when I was on a full course of both chemo and radio therapy. You will note the thinning hair and the blank look. Consider this as being the results of 'chemo brain'.
You will also note the layers of clothing and the blanket. No this is not because we were in the middle of winter without heating. It is because the loss of weight and the chemicals which are infused into your system seem to have an effect that causes an enhanced sensitivity to cold. Even though the house was heated to 5 degrees Celsius I was always freezing and in need of hot water bottles to stay just right.
To those people who are now seeing me back at work, with hair and able to walk again and able to generate my own body heat again - this picture is simply a reminder that it is possible to recover from the devastation of cancer and its treatment.
I have no idea how long this recovery will be and I have no expectations that the cancer will not return and devastate me yet again and this time with results that will be less favourable than the one I have survived to date.
I guess I just want to place on the record that it is worth fighting and it is worth going through the horrors of the therapy if you can have the chance to have at least a few more days and weeks of life without pain and without the debilitating effects of the disease or its treatment.
