Personal; Hair Loss

Ode to the follicles

Up until the end of the 3rd week few people would have known I was undergoing a 6 week course of radiotherapy; even I had been lulled into a false sense of security! The Saturday of the 3rd week of radiotherapy felt like a normal morning. I did normal things: lazy getting up, slippers and dressing gown and plodding downstairs for my breakfast. Normal morning, right? But in one casual brush of my head a normal morning shattered.

"I never cared much for hair"

Personal; Radiotherapy 2 weeks down, 4 to go

All we hear is, radio ga ga

I think in a bid to answer some questions people might want to ask I'm going to write this in the style of an interview. Let's see how it goes!

[I] = Interviewer (you, the reader)

[N] = Naomi (me)
Bold italics = scene setting and actions

As I approach Naomi's room I see her sat the desk wearing a fox onesie, she looks tired. However, with a recently shaved head she looks confident. When she notices me she stands and holds out her hand to shake mine.

"Naomi hands one from her well stocked stationary-shop of a desk"

Personal; Acceptance

Let me be honest

I’ve had a pretty rough year and a half. I will give more detail than my previous blog post “Personal; Not yet found” because I am in a different place mentally than I was then; I’m in a more accepting frame of mind. I have been honest with close friends and in the upcoming couple of months the impact of this years and a half is going to have a greater impact than before.

A wet and rainy April 1st

Personal: Not Yet Found...

Life makes things hard...

Have you seen my life? It went missing around the end of February and was last seen 31st March.

Registered lost on the 1st April 2016.

My life is not what it used to be and won't be ever again. It has been tainted by a string of unpleasant events beginning on 23rd February 2016. You often weigh up risks of an outcome and put yourself in the majority. Whether that is a good or bad place to be, you sit within the majority. That is until you join the 'bad' minority. From that point on no matter what the chances, the bad thing WILL happen to you! If it doesn't? The next bad thing will come along. No more rose tainted glasses; you're looking through a miserable sleety mist. Things are mostly grey...

Interests: Tea

Tea-rrific...

To begin; a tea glossary

• Tea/Chai/Chai/Thayilai:

The leaves of Camellia siensis or Camellia assamica fermented for varying lengths of time to create different teas. Longest to shortest fermenting time: Black, Green then White.

Hobbies: The Original Micromanager

Lego: The Brick Separator

From the number of these we have you can see we like our Lego!

*DISCLAIMER/WARNING: be aware of where you place your feet whilst playing with Lego*

Craft: Learning to spin

From Sheep to Yarn

For as long as I can remember my mum has inspired my crafting. Encouraging me to sew, knit, crochet, draw, mould clay etc. summer holidays were an opportunity to try something new, create something! Every year for Christmas I would get some form of craft project or inspiration. Even though I am all grown up she still kindles that fire in me, the embers won't be permitted to wither and fade.