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The Madness of March (Part 2) - The phonecall...

Morning good people, i hope you slept well... Knock knock  Whos there?  NOT TOZS CANCER!!!!!!! πŸ₯³πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸ₯‚πŸΎπŸŽ†πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ₯Ή At 14:36 Friday, I was on call with my friend Lynn, filling her in on the latest fuckeries when my phone starts ringing from a private number. "Let me call you back..." I answer and its our earth angel Poppy. She doesn't sound her usual calm yet bubbly self, she sound a little manic tbh.  "Lauren!! Lauren, his scans are back, he's moved to clinic review which means they were are all clear!" - shes crying as she says it and my legs almost go from under me. "I don't know what you mean, what do you mean, do you mean what I think you mean?"  "Yes!!! Its gone Lauren, I seen the reports come in and I had to call you straight away, I cant think of anyone better to give this news to" Aaaand im gone. Pure hysteria. We sobbed together and Poppy stayed on the phone with me until I could breathe again. And guess who wasnt here? πŸ˜‚ yes...

The Madness of March (Part 1)

Hello friends 🧑 I hope you are all well and enjoying the beginning of spring.  At the beginning of Thomas's journey I said spring this year would have a whole new meaning of "new beginnings" for us. I knew Christmas would suck. I knew new year would be difficult. And I knew recovery would be slow. So I put spring in my mind for when we would be taking our lives back. And so far....it appears to be going to plan!!! πŸ™πŸ» each day that passes sees Thomas more and more like himself. And nothing makes me happier right now than seeing my love get stronger and coming back to life.  I spoke before about how you dont realise how much you miss things until they return. And I hadn't realised just how much I was missing his physical touch. Having his arms wrapped around me, cuddling up in bed, holding hands in the car, forehead kisses from nowhere, pulling me into his chest and reassuring when im having one of many moments. Ive missed it all so much and I cant tell you how incre...

Februarys Fuckerys

Morning All ❤️ hope everyone is good and Lady Universe has been behaving for you all. Shes been drinking cheap wine and taking out her drunken mood swings on Toz again πŸ™„ So the last blog left you with Thomas's trips to a&e and urgent care, and his adrenal gland appointment. In preparation for his follow-up in April, he has 3 tests to complete.  The first is the saliva test. This one is a 'try but dont worry if you cant do it' kinda thing. Its like a little vial for blood but inside it is a piece of fabric. Thomas has to chew this and soak it in saliva. The problem with that is - he has no saliva. The dry mouth is a side effect of radiotherapy damaging his saliva glands so its either thick stringy mucus, or Sahara dry πŸ˜” Thomas keeps a bottle of water next to him at all times to lubricate his mouth but with this test he cant eat or drink for 30 mins before doing it. Its looking likely this wont be happening but he does have until end of March so maybe if he starts produ...