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Cancer, cash and carrying on
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Meeting a friend for brunch today, looking forward to it. She lives an hour away, but we meet in a really pretty village that’s midway. We always go to the same cafe and have lovely food and a chat.
We’ve been friends since we were 11 and it’s such an easy and natural friendship. We probably meet 5-6 times a year and occasionally wh@tsapp but when we meet we just pick up where we left off.I’m definitely a quality over quantity person with friends. I’d say I have 7 really good friends and really appreciate them. Apart from 2 they don’t know each other well. I’ve never done big groups of friends, even at school 🤔
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FFEF £20000 saved
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Those vinted sales are cracking in. Well done. Hope you have a lovely meet up with your friend
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V!nted sales all completed and good reviews, so £93 into my personal spends. I’d like a new winter coat so it’ll be a contribution to that.
We’ve had a few nights away in NI, it’s one of the furthest places we could get without needing travel insurance 😂.
Mixture of work and hospital appointments for the next few days until my op on Friday 🥴DFD March 2025 (£35000 paid off)
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Hoping all goes well with op post op and sending positive thoughts for healing.
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hope you enjoyed your time over here.
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Positive vibes for the forthcoming op 🙏
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Sending lots of luck for a big week ahead x
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Hope all goes smoothly for you.
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Will be glad when it’s over, I then have to wait 3 weeks for the results.
If the tumour has completely gone (no small amounts not visible on scan), I’ll need 2 weeks of radiotherapy and the remaining doses of immunotherapy. However, if it hasn’t completely gone, it’s 4 weeks of radiotherapy and another 6 months of chemo (tablet form) 🥴DFD March 2025 (£35000 paid off)
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We did! First ever time in N.Ireland and we really liked Belfast, very clean and compact. We did a coach trip up the Antrim coast to the Giant’s Causeway which was beautiful.
When I can get travel insurance, we’d love to explore Southern Ireland a bit too.
DFD March 2025 (£35000 paid off)
FFEF £20000 saved
Currently treading water while having cancer treatment and trying not to dip into FFEF too much!1
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