Okay, so people who know me well, also know I'm somehtin of a blog addict. in recent years, this has gone hand in hand with my decision to teach English as a foreign language abroad,it's easy to fingd things to write about when you're busy exploring new things in Russia and Taiwan.
THis blog is completely different, but I hope will be a good catharsis for me as well as a place where my friends can be updated about me, hopefully reducing any of their worries. Some of you reading this will be aware, that as of yesterday, I was told I have a brain tumour for the second time. THe first time was back in 2006, when I was halfway through my PGCE course. I came to a conclusion that higher education and I do not go well together. In 2001, I was in the final year of my English degree when I was hit by a car in a hit and run asccidet which nearly cost me my life, and left me permently disabled. I had to take a year out of my degree cours, was in hospital for 4 months, and spent about 10 months learning how to walk again and wondering why the UK wasn't more wheelchair friendly! So then I was faced with tpostponing my PGCE too!
Statistically if you've had a brain tumour (BT) you are more likely to have a reocurrance eventually, than never at all, so I always knew it was likely. Then literally two days after I got back from Taiwan, I had my first seizure in five years, recognising the symptoms< I phoned the hospital and following scans had my suspisions confirmed.
I have decided to wrtite this as I bfound last time a lot of friends couldmn't handle it and didn't know what to say, so hopefully this will bridge the gap. I don't fell ill at the moment and my lovely doctor has given me some snti-seizure drugs to make life more comfortable. I will Be updating this regularly. I am also asking people to make donations to BT buddies- a great charity that supports, sufferers, survivors and their friends and families. please go to my just giving page: Lucy Cunnington is fundraising for BT Buddies
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