This year has started out very uncertain. It is very strange preparing for something so big and that will have such an impact on your life and yet I have no idea of when it will take place. I talked to my surgeon’s assistant before Christmas and there is still no news on my operation date. I have now been waiting well over a year since my initial referral. I was advised I will get 3 weeks notice and that even when I have a date if a more important person comes in during that period they will go ahead of me should their medical needs be greater (which I understand).

I am lucky enough to be at a hospital which hosts the most informative and supportive evenings for women undergoing mastectomies. On a monthly basis there is a BRA evening where women who are due to have mastectomies come together for an evening.

My hair is ‘aving a laugh! After the last wash it looked like this! Which is not good.

As the week progressed it began to do this, which isn’t exactly better.

I don’t think anyone except perhaps a very charming three year old could carry this look off. Milly who is home for a reading week, ( no obvious reading being done, I have to say) said I looked like something from a Dr Seuss book. Is she thinking of the Grinch?

The beginning of October saw the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it was amazing to be invited to and be a part of Breast Cancer Campaign’s launch. I donned nice pretty dress and a friend and I went up to the dizzy heights of Vertigo, Tower 42 for the launch of Pink London. Breast Cancer Campaign turned 8 of London’s iconic landmarks Pink to mark the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.