There is a lot of it out there when it comes to cancer.
But I can only post so many post anonymous comments on the Daily Mail in response to people who comment that anyone who has surgery and chemo for cancer is a fool or a 'Sheeple'. I would like to help people sift through all that stuff. I don't want people to feel bad about their treatment, or guilty, or God forbid, as if they have not been positive enough.
Cape Otway by me
The reason for the delay is this. The longer I left it, the more superstitious I became that the very instance I updated it to say all is well I would have some catastrophic relapse into Cancer World.
The same strange conviction has meant that I have not had my oven cleaned since December 2010, because the day I was diagnosed with cancer was the very day the Man Came To Clean the Oven. He did a great job by the way. But I feel that if I get him back, I will get cancer again. (In case you are wondering, yes I have cleaned my oven in the last 19 months. But myself, and not very well.)
From Anna Spiro's Instagram feed.
I know this is regressive, just like being a 16 year old and having some strange lovestruck repetivite thoughts like 'If this tram comes and if the boy is on it and sitting down the end then that means he likes me'.
But I can't help it. I have so little control over my life in some ways that if one way of getting that back is to have some little superstitions and phobias, then so be it. At least I don't have PTSD, which, truly, some people do get following cancer treatment.
Anyway, there it is. Have a read and you can see where I am.
From Facehunter's Instagram feed
I am also in another place at the moment, the world of Instagram. I must confess, I am finding Instagram a great place to instantly connect with people, in a way which is really simple, and uncomplicated. You can locate me on Instagram here .
I have included in this post some favourite images from the last little while. Fear not, you do not have to be inundated with images of 16 year old girls doing their nails. There are some wonderful images.
From NatGeo's feed
To be honest, Instagram reminds me of blogging when I first started. Before it got a bit cliquey, and a bit complicated, and a bit too much about branding, and advertising and making money from your blog, and counting stats, and linking, and etc etc. Is that negative? I don't mean to be.
I am just finding that I seem to have the time to post images to Instagram and I don't seem to have the time to blog. Feel free to follow me, but even better, go to Followgram and or sign up for Instagram if you have a smart phone and check out all the other amazing images, like Greenbeen below, who posts her fantastic breakfasts every day.
And if you have a feed I am not following, please let me know. I still find the Instagram search function hilariously beta. What I have found is a whole collection of Japanese people who post pictures of their very elegant, very charming cats. I cannot resist.
via Ryukutora's Instragram feed
Stay happy, dear readers.
xo
