OTD: 2 years ago, I walked into a room, alone, and was told I had breast cancer. It’s been quite the adventure. Not sure how to feel about my “Cancer-versary”. Tomorrow I have an MRI to see if it’s all gone. So yeah - lots of feels.
So let me get this right - there was to be "no free lunch" for thousands of vulnerable schoolchildren over summer (decision thankfully now reversed), but happily announce a half-free dinner for everyone in August?
#minibudget
#eatouttohelpout
Taking a few deep breaths and allowing the news to settle. My MRI came back clear. Consultant said “I think we’re winning”. Of course I’m in the Penny Drop.
@ThanksCancer
@OxfordDiplomat
Cooking and eating alone. Much harder to be bothered to cook something interesting/properly when it’s just for me. Sometimes fall into bad habits with cheese and crackers.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m upbeat and cheerful, if somewhat chilly. New hair cut making me feel less scrappy, and I’m looking forward to seeing a friend for lunch. I’m not a selfie person, but tried on incredible dress and wanted to show the new hair!
#StayBright
I've just given notice on a job I'm doing. I've never resigned before. I feel sad and defeated, but I just couldn't fix all the things that needed fixing and it wasn't my job to fix them anyway. I tried my best. Now I am standing up for my sanity and wellbeing. Is that okay?
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’ve just had my Covid booster. A little early, but might as well take a silver lining from having to have chemo eh? Popped to local library for jab and found evidence of
@watsoncomedian
! This ‘blue plaque’ made me smile.
#StayBright
So I've had my appointment, and apparently I'm allowed to say that "I have hopefully beaten cancer". I've got some more check-ups to keep an eye on hormone treatment side-effects (which aren't fun btw), but other than that, I think I'm done?
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m doing remarkably well and I’m proud of myself for being brave about being Kate2.0. Yesterday eve I had a mastectomy to get rid of some blasted breast cancer. Do yourself a favour and check your bits…
#StayBright
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
Today is my birthday. This first “big one” without mum or gran. In my hand is a letter. I asked gran to write a letter before she died - not for this birthday - just for me. For a couple of years I though it lost. It was then found. Today I’m going to read it, on the beach...
Well, Tony Blair can breath a sigh of relief today. I just paid off the very last of my student loan. In a moment of teenage rebellion (and all out rage about tuition fees) I added him to my loan form as a guarantor...
Good morning! How are you feeling? I am shocked. Confused. Elated. Amazed. Happy. Relieved. Not quite able to truly believe what’s going on. Yesterday I learned I don’t need chemo. I was due to start *this* Friday. I’ve got six months back. Can’t believe it. Wow.
#StayBright
ZOMG! ZOMG! ZOMG! I’m a freelancer of the year! Thank you everyone who took the time to vote. I am grinning like an idiot!
#FreelanceAwards
Thanks
@YunoJunoHQ
@SarahMillican75
Are you doing
#JoinIn
again this year? I’m missing mum a lot and I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling alone without loved ones who’ve passed.
And suddenly, just like that, it was done. Fifteen down, NONE to go.
I got to add my sticker to the machine - because I’m a big kid, and it made me smile. 😊
So allow me the swearing on this occasion, because I DON’T NEED FUCKING POISON JUICE FOR SIX MONTHS.
I FUCKING *LOVE* science.
(And now I’m logging off to let this settle in. Oh. My. Word.)
Can I please just say I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE. I was enrolled in a clinical trial which had a small chance of resulting in me avoiding chemotherapy. Basically, half the people would chemo as normal, the other half would have their tumours analysed. Pretty much coin toss situ..
@ali__samson
@Suw
FINALLY - my "least useful fact ever" might come in handy! When opening tinned asparagus, open from the bottom of the tin so as not to damage the tips!
@Nadine_Writes
Speechless. I saw 'sword lad' was trending and my initial thought was "'lad?'" he murdered people". To find the term was used - instead of the name of - one of his victims, Daniel Anjorin, is just... .... no words.
@JonathanGledson
@patricksturg
@bristol_citizen
@thesundaytimes
Real talent is being able to do the unexpected and get into one of these unis when you’ve no connection to them, it’s not a well-trodden path in your community or family, and you’ve not had all the additional tutoring and support available to those more privileged than you.
Good morning. How are you feeling? I’ve spent al morning waiting for an appointment, but it was good to talk to the consultant and she has confirmed that it is good news that my MRI and mammogram came back normal. I’m not quite ready to feel relief yet, but it’s good.
#StayBright
Oh crikey! Was prepping for client call and missed the morning message! Good afternoon! How are you feeling? I’m feeling bold and colour coordinated! (Also mildly scatty!)
#StayBright
(Purple counts as bright, right?)
Good morning! How are you feeling? I am grinning like an idiot because I just got to see
#Artemis
I on the launch pad - super close. Wow. Epic! 😁🚀
#StayBright
#SpaceNomad
Good morning! How are you feeling? A year ago today I was nervously waiting for the biggest surgery I’d ever had in my life. A full 1% of my body mass was chopped off and replaced with silicone. Today is Kate 2.0’s first birthday. I shall walk tall and
#StayBright
Good morning! How are you feeling? Today I complete my radiotherapy, so it’s my New Year’s Eve - 2022 starts tomorrow! I’ve got a load of ideas, now I just need to make (at least one of) them happen! Anyone wanna me my mentor/agent? ;) Pretty light pattern I spotted.
#StayBright
OMG. Recruitment rant. 1) PLEASE put salary details on the job description so people can gauge whether it is worth their time to apply. 2) If you don't publish salary details, at least be able to supply them if people ask! 1/4
Came to see if people needed help in Brooke Road - it’s entirely underwater. Entire ground floors flooded. Saw people rescuing their pets and getting out of there to stay with friends. Others just resigned to it and seeking shelter.
#E17
#Walthamstow
#Floods
Good morning! How are you feeling? I am happy. Like *really* happy. I just want to share that feeling. I’m in Florida, I’m with amazing friends, I’m waiting for the first launch of the
#Artemis
programme (Apollo 2.0), and I saw my first night launch last night.
#StayBright
Wowee! In and out of the hospital in well under an hour! New record set - just 26 min in the machine. And now double figures of done! 😃 Ten down, five to go.
#Winning
Good morning! How are you feeling? While tired, I’m starting to feel a bit more alert, and slightly less fuzzy, so I’m looking forward to some Netflix and sewing today. I’m also delighted with the medal my friend got for me ☺️
#StayBright
Okay, enough of the deep and meaningful stuff. All that’s left is to say: check your bits, don’t put off seeing a doctor, trust your spidey senses, treasure your friends. Oh - and of course -
#StayBright
I did it! My first run in over 7 months, and only my second since surgery in October. I am now a hot sweaty mess, but I did it. I got out and I ran. Whew.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I am ecstatic! I no longer have my drain bottle attached to me! I am free! FREE! Whew! After five weeks of carrying it around, being insanely itchy and tender, IT IS GONE!!! Cannot begin to tell you how relieved I am.
#StayBright
@PomplianoTony
@soundslikecanoe
Well that would be a red-flag for me ever wanting to work with you. My issue is that I am so passionate that I have to be reminded sometimes to find the balance. A good employer would realise people are happier and more productive when not burned out and taken for granted.
Woohoo! New scan and plan scan analysed and they have managed to continue my treatment without a delay. Phew! Back at it tomorrow as planned then. That is a weight off my mind.
Went for a walk to get my steps in and see what the local mini-library book-swap-houses had to offer. Came across this amazing book by
@MichaelRosenYes
which I’d not seen/read before. Wonderful Quentin Blake drawings, and perfect words from Michael Rosen.
@Puff_Iya
@CaitlinKellyNYC
I’d never heard of this exhibition, but what a powerful idea. If only I still had the outfit I was wearing when I was aged eight and a man groped me in the street.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I got my negative PCR result yesterday, so I am “go” for radiotherapy tomorrow. Having coffee and crossword time, then it’s time for ‘operation Kate hydration’ -apparently it will help over next few weeks. As will rainbow over-socks!
#StayBright
Good news: I’M ON A PLANE!
Bad news: There is a noisy small child in the seat behind me. The flight is 8 hours.
Good news: I’m being met at the airport by some of the best people in the world so everything will be worth it!
#SpaceNomad
is go!
Good morning! How are you feeling? Not gonna lie, yesterday sucked, but I’m feeling a bit brighter today and determined not to let little things get to me. I am hugely grateful to friends keeping me in their thoughts and am enjoying the company my new companion.
#StayBright
Sorry - I usually try to put in a bright, colourful, pretty picture - something that catches my eye. A small thing to remind us all to find beauty where we can. Today I can’t find anything that will bring me as much joy as this simple text. Here’s last night. Still in shock.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m up early and on my way to hospital for surgery. Not as major as last time, thankfully, but still. I’m wearing news socks to bring some cheer. :) (Not as good as New Shoes, Nutini, but probably more comfy!)
#StayBright
Okay. WTF. I spent afternoon at Moorfields having eye checked out, and no-one, NO-ONE, told me that I still had the dye under my eyes? Not the nurse, the dr, the pharmacist!! No wonder my neighbour seemed concerned when I was chatting to him in street. 😳😳😳 One for
@DawnHFoster
Good morning! How are you feeling?
#OTD
20 years ago the Expedition1 crew docked with the ISS - there has not been a single day since then that humans weren't living in space. That is cool. See what great stuff happens when we work together?
#StayBright
Good morning! How are you feeling? I saw the most powerful rocket in the world launch last night! Or was it this morning? Who knows - it was awesome either way! 🚀🌖 Back to the Moon!
#Artemis
#StayBright
Good morning! How are you feeling. A year ago today I was diagnosed with breast cancer, despite being assured that mammogram and ultrasound looked benign 2 weeks earlier. It was a shock. I understood, but couldn’t comprehend. A lot has happened since. But I’ve done my first year.
I am still in shock. I still need radiotherapy and hormone therapy, but apparently I escape chemotherapy. I CANNOT believe this. I am in shock. I have not been so shocked since I was told I had cancer. I cannot compute this yet.
Good morning! How are you feeling? Nice to see the sun shining through the window after all the rain last night! Did lots of dancing last night in a new dress that did really excellent swirling. Very pleasing indeed.
#StayBright
I AM ON A PLANE! I am so excited. Travel is part of who I am and I’ve missed it so much. Just when it started to look like travel was possible bloody cancer came along, but now I am on a plane and I cannot tell you how thrilled I am. I could actually cry.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m giving myself a break today. My body needs a bit of down time to recover from all the surgery, scans, injections, medications, booster jabs and poking. Might make something hearty and vegetable-packed for dinner.
#StayBright
@JaneyGodley
Thank goodness for him. Reminds me of story my Granny Gray told with pride.. Confiscating a note being passed around at assembly, she couldn’t tell kids off because it read “hooray hooray for Mrs Gray, she beats us never, nor the leather, hooray hooray for Mrs Gray”. She kept it.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m wearing my new sweater (that I got for Christmas) to keep me feeling festive and cheerful. Local fox/cat decided to mark my door as its territory so spent the day battling a grim smell yesterday. Wonder what today has for me? Heh
#StayBright
Good morning! How are you feeling? I am so far beyond tired I can barely see. Sadly the intensity of work continues unabated. I hope I’ve some energy left for opening night tonight - I’ve performed at the Greek Theatre as a musician, but never as an actor! What fun!
#StayBright
@adampayne26
@aljwhite
@politicshome
That the original consultation managed to come out in favour of metric, despite being totally skewed towards favouring imperial, should be enough to make anyone rethink the idea of pushing ahead with this. Woeful.
@EmmaKennedy
At the end of the march in parliament square I overheard some marchers thanking the police, and the policewoman replied by saying she’d really enjoyed the day.
@MDplusthree
@claremackint0sh
@JaneyGodley
It’s so hard isn’t it? People roll out cliches like “time heals”. It doesn’t heal - the loss will always be there, but time *does* enable you to cope with it, live with it, move forward with it. I’m at 16 years now.. keep going. You got this.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m at
@ExploreSpaceKSC
today with some other space geeks and it is great to be here. Just been on a trip to Mars! Having all the geek fun.
#StayBright
@MarcusRashford
@spectator
Oh for goodness sake. I’m sorry you have to deal with this. It probably wasn’t visible, but I made sure I had my
@emmylouscutt
Rashford print up on my bookcase while I was doing a Sky News interview about space. Keep being an inspiration.
Whenever we get some desert dust in London, I always like to think that it's mum coming to visit. (I sprinkled her ashes in the Sahara so she could keep having adventures, and made a deal with the desert - you look after mum, and I'll look after a box of desert sand, which I do.)
My neighbour’s brought me some chips from the fish and chip shop as thanks for digging weeds in their garden. I had forgotten just how good they taste. Sitting in sun, eating chips from paper - glorious. I’m very content.
What a lovely team, what a great show, what a sad thing it is to say goodbye to
@digitalplanet
- a show that brought global tech stories to life for over two decades. You should all be proud of what you achieved.
Someone shared the bio of the lawyer for the St Louis gun couple yesterday. I actually had to look it up again today to check I hadn't just dreamt it. It starts astonishingly, gets even worse and concerning, and then the end of para 4.. unconscionable.
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m still buzzing after a lovely day yesterday being pampered and styled, and meeting some other women who’ve also experienced breast cancer. It’s a powerful thing being in a room with others who’ve experienced it.
#StayBright
So I’ve put on my new, bright, vintage dress (even if I might look ridiculous) and I’m on the train. If I can do this, then you can check your boobs (or your partners’) and if you find something, you make that call to the GP ASAP. Not “when you find time”. PSA over.
@ThanksCancer
Good morning(ish)! (From Florida!) How are you feeling? I’m a bit dehydrated I think and doing my best to drink loads of water. Lots of great space nerdery and fun with other space fans. Happy times (minus the dizziness)
#StayBright
Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m still a bit cold-y, but I’ll take that as it’s not chemo nausea that I had expected today (didn’t have chemo yesterday after all!). Lots of sorting to do to get tidy and organised again, and maybe it’s time to buy a Xmas tree!
#StayBright
@emrazz
Lol - show an inkling of ability/desire to lead and they will metaphorically kneecap you. ‘Women, you need to lean in and be more assertive… No, not like that, now you’re a threat, outspoken, difficult, emotional’ etc etc 😬