If you're going through womb/uterine/endometrial cancer over in the US then please take a look at - and follow - the Uterine Cancer Awareness blog. Run by Alicia, herself a womb cancer survivor, Uterine Cancer Awareness is the One Team One Goal Advocacy Champion for North America. All credit to one remarkable woman!
Love Rose x
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Tuesday 19 February 2013
Monday 18 February 2013
Womb Cancer Support UK.
I was diagnosed with womb cancer back in 2010; I don't really remember much about it except that I was expecting to be told I had cancer because of how ill I was back then. When the diagnosis came I took the news quite calmly but was puzzled because I'd never heard of womb cancer!
In the UK there had never been a womb cancer awareness campaign and little had been done to make womb cancer known, so it's not really a surprise that I wasn't aware that womb cancer existed. The emphasis seemed to always be on breast cancer and cervical cancer, with the smear (pap) test being the bench mark for detecting the only gynaecological cancer that seemed to ever really get an airing - cervical cancer. Although ovarian cancer has had a bit of a push more recently.
Generally all gynaecological cancers are lumped together every September and there tends to be no distinction made about each individual one at that time - that's how it appears to me and, seemingly, to a fair number of other women too. At least that was the case before Womb Cancer Support UK (WCSUK) came about in April 2011!
In September 2011, WCSUK held the first Womb Cancer Awareness Month, with a further Womb Cancer Awareness Month in September 2012. This is something that will be ongoing each September, to bring womb cancer to the attention of as many women as possible. WCSUK also provides year round support for women going through womb cancer, be it investigations, treatment or the aftermath of having had womb cancer, so if you are one of the women affected by womb cancer please get in touch with WCSUK via their website, Facebook page or Twitter page:
Have a good day all.
Have a good day all.
Love Rose x
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Thursday 14 February 2013
Negative Junk.
While talking to a colleague at work on Tuesday,
He told me he'd been feeling bored and grumpy every day.
Today he said he thinks he's finally coming out of his funk,
So I know I'm not the only one with a head full of negative junk.
This morning I received a surprise text from a friend,
Wishing me happy Valentine's Day, with lots of kisses at the end.
I wished him happy birthday when I texted my reply,
Because he isn't dating me, but another friend of mine.
I'd had a lunch arrangement with yet another friend today,
Who'd invited me to get out of work, but then he couldn't get away.
Yet I try not to get despondent at minor let-downs in my life,
Because after having cancer I know much worse things could give me strife!
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He told me he'd been feeling bored and grumpy every day.
Today he said he thinks he's finally coming out of his funk,
So I know I'm not the only one with a head full of negative junk.
This morning I received a surprise text from a friend,
Wishing me happy Valentine's Day, with lots of kisses at the end.
I wished him happy birthday when I texted my reply,
Because he isn't dating me, but another friend of mine.
I'd had a lunch arrangement with yet another friend today,
Who'd invited me to get out of work, but then he couldn't get away.
Yet I try not to get despondent at minor let-downs in my life,
Because after having cancer I know much worse things could give me strife!
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One Billion Rising.
Today is Valentine's Day and, in case you didn't know, is also the day when one billion are rising against violence to women.
Check out an event near you!
Love Rose x
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Check out an event near you!
Love Rose x
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Wednesday 13 February 2013
It Snowed.
The weather outside got frightful,
Definitely not delightful!
I really didn't want to go
Because it snowed.
The pavements were totally slushy,
All slippery and mushy,
And I had to walk real slow
Because it snowed.
When work finally came in sight,
I'd managed to stay upright!
I hoped it wouldn't freeze that night
Because it snowed.
So then the Pope decided to retire
Because he's feeling old and tired,
(I understand how he feels!)
And it snowed.
The next day the pavements cleared,
Though the cold was still a pain in the rear,
And the news was all North Korea,
Here we go...
More nuclear destruction,
Angering, causing ructions,
Will mankind ever learn?
I preferred the snow!
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Definitely not delightful!
I really didn't want to go
Because it snowed.
The pavements were totally slushy,
All slippery and mushy,
And I had to walk real slow
Because it snowed.
When work finally came in sight,
I'd managed to stay upright!
I hoped it wouldn't freeze that night
Because it snowed.
So then the Pope decided to retire
Because he's feeling old and tired,
(I understand how he feels!)
And it snowed.
The next day the pavements cleared,
Though the cold was still a pain in the rear,
And the news was all North Korea,
Here we go...
More nuclear destruction,
Angering, causing ructions,
Will mankind ever learn?
I preferred the snow!
© Rambling Rose@PeachPonderings. All rights reserved.
Sunday 10 February 2013
Cautiously Optimistic.
Is it more than I dare hope for
That he still cares for me,
The way he always used to care
Before the cancer surgery?
I believe in staying positive,
Though that can be hard to do,
The plus point is that, currently,
We're trying as a two.
It feels good to pull together,
To chat, to joke, to laugh,
As it's true that since the cancer
We'd both walked our separate path.
His comments now set me smiling,
The way they used to do,
Plus he wants to spend more time with me
To sit and talk things through.
I see it as a good thing
That we're together more each day,
And I feel that we're both trying
To meet each other at least half way.
I say it's more like old times,
He says and times to come,
So I am cautiously optimistic
That he maybe feels he's home.
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That he still cares for me,
The way he always used to care
Before the cancer surgery?
I believe in staying positive,
Though that can be hard to do,
The plus point is that, currently,
We're trying as a two.
It feels good to pull together,
To chat, to joke, to laugh,
As it's true that since the cancer
We'd both walked our separate path.
His comments now set me smiling,
The way they used to do,
Plus he wants to spend more time with me
To sit and talk things through.
I see it as a good thing
That we're together more each day,
And I feel that we're both trying
To meet each other at least half way.
I say it's more like old times,
He says and times to come,
So I am cautiously optimistic
That he maybe feels he's home.
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Friday 8 February 2013
I'm Beginning To See.
He said it was him, not me,
And I'm beginning to see
How that might possibly be true.
I thought it was 'my' cancer
Supplying the answer,
That was making us both feel blue.
There was never any doubt
That I loved him,
And I see in his face
That his feelings may - gradually -
Be returning.
Yet I cannot dare to hope,
For it would shatter more than dreams
If all were not as it seems.
We had both retreated,
Closed down,
Each hiding behind our own wall,
So it may take brick by brick, slowly,
Before those walls fully fall.
The years of closing off,
Of hiding away,
In order to fight illness every day,
Changed priorities to help us cope,
But the denial of love
And the lack of affection
Have been making us both feel choked.
The sun is shining brightly today,
And the daffodils are out
But the cold remains.
Who knows what will emerge
From all the turbulence and pain.
Will we both come through stronger?
Will the spark of love re-ignite?
Communication channels have opened,
Our summer may yet be in sight.
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And I'm beginning to see
How that might possibly be true.
I thought it was 'my' cancer
Supplying the answer,
That was making us both feel blue.
There was never any doubt
That I loved him,
And I see in his face
That his feelings may - gradually -
Be returning.
Yet I cannot dare to hope,
For it would shatter more than dreams
If all were not as it seems.
We had both retreated,
Closed down,
Each hiding behind our own wall,
So it may take brick by brick, slowly,
Before those walls fully fall.
The years of closing off,
Of hiding away,
In order to fight illness every day,
Changed priorities to help us cope,
But the denial of love
And the lack of affection
Have been making us both feel choked.
The sun is shining brightly today,
And the daffodils are out
But the cold remains.
Who knows what will emerge
From all the turbulence and pain.
Will we both come through stronger?
Will the spark of love re-ignite?
Communication channels have opened,
Our summer may yet be in sight.
© Rambling Rose@PeachPonderings. All rights reserved.
Monday 4 February 2013
My Little Eye.
The designer of the Peachy Too and Bananas About Llamas t-shirts has submitted an original design called My Little Eye to talenthouse.com for Nicole Kidman's new movie, Stoker. Please will you take a look at Annette's work and vote for her - which you can do through both Facebook and Twitter - and maybe even join her page as a supporter? The link to the voting page is here:
Saturday 2 February 2013
Yesterdays.
I can feel my heart beat quickly, my circulation pounding,
Everything seems so far away, distant voices sounding.
It used to be his love for me that made my heart beat fluttery,
But now it's surgical menopause,
And I miss those yesterdays.
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Everything seems so far away, distant voices sounding.
It used to be his love for me that made my heart beat fluttery,
But now it's surgical menopause,
And I miss those yesterdays.
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Friday 1 February 2013
Bananas About Llamas!
This picture makes me smile so I thought I'd share it with you!
It's by the same designer of 'Peachy Too' featured on my blog back in November 2012:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/aparry
Love Rose x
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