‘CANCER FREE WITH A NEW SET UNDER CONSTRUCTION’ was the original title of this blog. After learning in 2009 I had early stage Breast Cancer, having those boobs removed and rebuilt – I thought that was going to be it.
I’ve had to come up with a new name, following a second diagnosis of Breast Cancer in January 2012 and news in 2014 that I have Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and need a Bone Marrow Transplant to stay alive.
KC:-)
Big thanks to the team at MyGC for the opportunity to have a chat about the upcoming Australian Transplant Games.
Picture this – a sweltering Gold Coast afternoon, 25 individuals who have been to the brink and not only recovered – but are thriving examples of what organ and tissue donation, and a health focused life can be. Last weekend, a very special event occurred and I was lucky enough to be part of it. […]
This body is so capable – but it’s been through enough. I truly believe that, which is why I’m not completely terrified of a ‘suspicious mass’ recently discovered in my mouth. It’s coming out in a few days time. The surgeon is highly experienced and during the necessary scans and tests of late has become […]
Sometimes the most difficult battles require a peaceful, gentle focus. A huge shoutout to my Mum and friends Nerida, Lina and Ian for letting me have this lately while I’ve been unwell. Sincere apologies to everyone I’ve unintentionally snubbed. Please know when I say I’m ‘average’ or ‘not the best’, I’m not just looking for […]
KATE CARLYLE is weighing-up the best way to document her experiences with BREAST CANCER, LEUKAEMIA and BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT.
After years of blogging, she’s now finding it too taxing and believes social media updates are probably enough. However, the 38-year-old is often encouraged to write a BOOK.
KATE will continue sharing her story of survival via appropriate awareness campaigns and charity events, but wonders why so many people think she should put fingertips-to-keyboard, what is it they really want to know and what they hope to get out of such a work?
Encore Performances 
Hi Kate Thank you for being honest about your reaction to treatment. Unlike you I was diagnosed stage 4 straight up, I was 40. I too had a brilliant surgeon who ordered a PET scan for me after I had only 1 hot spot show up on my bone and CT scan. The hot spot wasn’t actually cancer and was the result of a car accident I had 12 years earlier. Unfortunately though the PET Scan show spots through my spine, pelvis, ribs, shoulders and the tops of my legs. The surgeon was in complete shock as I didn’t present as someone who had such extensive cancer. I too had 6 rounds of fec and my wonderful oncologist would book me into John Flynn straight after having chemo, as I have a 3 year old son and the chemo made me so sensitive to noise. The Fec has done its job and I now have no evidence of disease since October last year. My life will never be the same and I feel as the cancer is a shadow that follows me around. But as Dr Stylian said to me on my first appointment where there is life there is hope. We are all united by this terrible disease and I pray that one day cancer will be a thing of the past. I wish you the best of luck with your future and hope that a cure is around the corner for all of us.
Take care Lisa
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