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...
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.
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.
