I don't feel like myself

@Zoffiel, as usual, makes a good point. Long before I was diagnosed, I had a colleague with breast cancer. She scarfed up, made terrible jokes about her port and generally just got on with things. She gave me a reference point for handling a mastectomy and chemo. Not everyone can, side effects can make it impossible but many do. Both our bosses were supportive, both of us did our small bit for ‘normalising’ an all too common disease. ‘Support’ can take many forms - for some, it’s facilitating treating cancer as an illness not a curse. Fiona Patten’s statement today about her cancer diagnosis is a case in point.