cancer fundraising
July saw the temperatures soar and the grass turn brown! Little did we know that this was a taster of what was going to be a very hot and long heatwave that was to be the hottest and driest summer since 1976.
June saw the completion of the Fields of Dawn album, A New Dawn. The poppy in the photo, which I took at work, was used on the front cover of the album along with the memorial statue of the two soldiers from the 1914 Christmas Day football match during the ceasefire.
May saw another fundraising project and adventures with the launch of the Bowel Babe Teddy bears. Deborah James had announced that she was on end of life care and had set up The Bowel Babe Fund. I sold the teddies to support the fund and thanks to wonderful and generous support they raised around £1500. I’d known Deborah for almost 5 years, so this meant a lot to me.
April is bowel cancer awareness month. A time when the whole bowel cancer community comes together to raise awareness about this awful disease. With bowel cancer in the spotlight for this month it also gives us the opportunity to raise vital funds for the cancer charities.
March saw my return to watching live music. It had been over 2 years since my last concert, which was seeing The Alarm play at The Gathering in North Wales. It was perhaps no surprise that my first gig back would also be seeing The Alarm. This time it was at The Electric Ballroom in London.
February sees the first signs of nature giving its first nod towards the oncoming Spring. Snowdrops were one of Mum’s favourite flowers and before her house was sold I took a few bulbs to plant at the grave, so they hold special significance each year when they flower.
Looking back on 2022 in what I hope will be a positive manner. The news once again this year has been full of just the most depressing stories, so my recap won’t touch on any of that…
I am making sure that appreciate the little things that can make life so wonderful at times. I need look no further than Prince. He has 7 slipped discs and was given a life expectancy of 2 months to 2 years. That was over 5 years ago
I have been back on the Sertraline for just over a week now and there’s no doubt that I am returning back closer to being and feeling like the person I was just a couple of months ago. Thankfully, I started to feel the benefits of the anti-depressants within a couple of days and I’m already feeling much more balanced and the highs and lows have plateaued out.
I feel like I’ve been quite restless recently and have perhaps been feeling a little all over the place. I think coming off the Sertraline has been a little more challenging than I thought it would be. Perhaps I am feeling impatient with myself and my own progress at the moment. My anxiety has returned albeit not at the same levels it has been, but enough to start affecting me. With that in mind I’ve taken the decision to go back onto Sertraline. I am thinking of perhaps asking to try a different anti-depressant, but for the time being I’m on Sertraline. Hopefully I will begin to feel more balanced again and back to where I was 6-8 weeks ago.
