A little bit of everything, basically.
Many Maybes is a collection of things I’ve tried, places I’ve been, things I’ve learned and thoughts I’ve had along the way. Some of it is useful. Some of it is serious. Some of it exists because I went down a rabbit hole and decided you might as well benefit from it too.
Right now, there’s quite a lot about cancer, because cancer rather rudely became a fairly significant part of my life. But there’s also food, travel, books, beauty, money, things I think are actually worth having, and whatever else I’ve become disproportionately interested in that week.
Have a look around. Something might be useful.
From the Notes
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I Finished Chemo. Why Don’t I Feel Finished?
I finished chemotherapy nearly two months ago. That feels like a sentence that should have an exclamation mark at the end of it. I finished chemotherapy! There. Better. Except I’m not sure it feels like that. For six months, chemotherapy was the organising principle of my life. Everything revolved around when I was having it,…
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How I Found the Breast Lump Nobody Could Feel
I wasn’t checking my breasts when I found the lump. I would love this story to begin with me being a responsible woman diligently performing a regular breast check, immediately noticing a tiny change and booking a GP appointment. It does not. I was lying on my side one day and happened to feel something.…
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How Do You Tell Your Mum You Have Cancer?
The morning after I found out I had cancer, I woke up and, for perhaps one or two seconds, I didn’t remember. I’ve had that feeling before after a horrible break-up. You wake up and everything is fine. You’re just you, waking up on an ordinary morning. And then you remember. There is this horrible…
Meanwhile on TikTok…
