Tag: cramp

Mwahahahaha

That, my friends, is the sound of my arch-enemy, Captain Cramp. Yes, he’s back, with his evil laugh and his shiny spurs and his frankly ridiculous moustache. He’s mainly going for my left hamstring, but occasionally the hamstring and calf. From 5am onwards he goes for the arch of my foot and I can’t work [...]

Cramp

Over the months and years (OK, year and nearly-two-thirds) that I’ve been blogging about my dance with breast cancer, I’ve spent a lot of time on side effects and collateral damage. I’ve written about hair loss, scarring, sleeplessness, aches and pains, and my seemingly endless adventures in PICC territory. I’ve blogged constipation, swelling, weight gain [...]

A day off

Of course I am glad to be alive. Of course I am grateful that I live in a time and a place and a society where breast cancer can be spotted and treated and gone. Of course I am mindful of all the people being danced closer and closer to an abyss by cancer, and [...]