It seems very self-indulgent having a page entitled Louise’s diary, who wants to listen to my ramblings plus isn’t the whole point of a diary that it’s private! I recently found an old diary of mine from my teenage years where I had written in code to prevent prying eyes finding out what I was up to or feeling, well I know the code would have worked as I hadn’t a clue what I was banging on about! Don’t worry there won’t be any code here and I am putting modern pen to paper here for therapeutic purpose, as I go through the journey of cancer certain things I just need to get off my chest and if my rambling helps someone along the way I’ll be happy.

I hope to provide a mix of the practical and the emotional, things I’ve experienced and learnt along the way, that at times have seemed like a minefield and I hope this information will help you navigate along your own very personal and individual journey – as I am not naive to presume that any journey is going to be the same but unique to you!