I saw the world through different eyes in the years immediately following my all clear. On reflection, being confronted by my own mortality would naturally have had some impact, but I never would have anticipated the scale or my reaction to it.
Oddly, it appears that my experience of cancer has in some way given me permission to step outside my comfort zone, to be bolder and to try new things...
Anniversaries are important. They are markers of significant events in our lives and there are few more important than a cancer diagnosis. And reader, today is my first anniversary.
