No sugar I’m sweet enough!
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
So I started on my fitness quest about 6 weeks ago. A couple of weeks in and handing in daily food journals, I got my first piece of homework. Breakfast. A few changes needed to be made. Easy, I nailed this task. So then homework number two was delivered. Boom. “No sugar Bailey”. Are you having a Jeffrey? None, nada, nicht?!! How the feck do you expect me to do this? No hot chocolates, no cakes, no biscuits, no eating the kids leftovers! I’m going to be a miserable cow to live with. Clearly the trainer didn’t give a shizzle! I knew deep down this is what I needed to do as I’ve been rewarding m ..read more
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Fighting fit!
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
Two years ago JB started using a personal trainer as he wanted to make huge differences to his lifestyle and mental wellbeing because lets face it he is a grumpy arse if he doesn’t get his own way.   I’m pretty sure I moaned about said trainer for those 2 years. It was costing too much money, it was taking him away from dad duties. You name it I threw it at him, when really he was making positive changes for us all. The transformation is pretty incredible and I no longer need to perv over his men’s health magazines as I have the real McCoy in front of me! Now me, I’m the kinda girl w ..read more
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Special day
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
  I knew from the off that I wanted this treat for just Jon and I. Don’t get me wrong I love my girls, but the chance to just be us and drink cocktails at 2pm was too tempting. Cancer really takes a hold of your life in every aspect and you just exist. Life becomes embroiled in hospital appointments, treatment, sorting out childcare and generally trying to stay alive! We decided to go to Edinburgh and were given 2 nights accommodation at The George, return train tickets and an activity of our choice. Now being new parents of twins and having cancer meant meals out together didn’t really h ..read more
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Life after the big C!
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
Wow it’s been a while since I last blogged, finding the time now seems impossible. Obviously I’m currently on school holidays, so back to 24/7 care of the twinbops and my oh my are they at a demanding age. I can’t even go to the toilet without Poppy clinging onto me for dear life. This leap better end soon, no one needs a cling on! With the lack of sleep and the ever dibilitiating lack of confidence I have found myself questioning if I even wanted to be a parent this last week. This is no doubt the toughest gig ever! But there are good things on the horizon to keep me going and as my fellow tw ..read more
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Discharged!
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
So this week, a year on from going to the Drs with my lump, I received the bloody amazing news that I have been discharged from oncology! They no longer need to keep tabs on me and I’m just under the watchful eye of the breast care clinic for the next ten years! Yearly mammograms which will give me great peace of mind. So yeah FU cancer, I  kicked your arse! It seems fitting that in the same week I did my first race for life. Now I’m no runner and you only have to look at my physique to know I’m not fit. I’m still battling post twin and steroid induced bulge, but I HAD to give something b ..read more
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Working 9-5!
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
In March last year I left my lovely year 3 class to go on maternity leave. Boy what a maternity leave it has been! Now 15 months later I have returned and man did it feel good! In fact for the first time ever I’m counting down till I go back on Monday. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE my girls, but it was so nice to get a part of me back and realise I am good at something else other than being a twin mum! To pee in peace sparked excitement like meeting Bieber at a Mr Tumble show! Then there was the hot cup of tea, nothing can prepare you for how good this will taste and the banter in the staff room ..read more
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The prize that just kept giving!
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
So some of you may remember I mentioned that I won a Mothers Day Breast Cancer Care competition on Instagram. Well last weekend Mother and I took a trip to London to indulge and enjoy our prize! Just a quick reminder for those that completely missed me bombarding your feed with the details. I won a luxury night for two with bed and breakfast at the London Marriott Park Lane and £500 to spend in Folli Follie on Regent Street. With childcare sorted in the form of Daddy and Grandad, Mum and I set off for London on Friday morning. This would allow us some shopping time before our appointment at Fo ..read more
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Pretty Muddy.
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
So with treatment over and life steadily getting back to normal, well as normal as it can with twins and the daily worry of ‘it’ coming back, I decided I wanted to give something back. It was mainly prompted by JB and his decision to enter the London marathon.  So I rounded up my girl gang and put it out there about doing the Race For Life ‘Pretty Muddy’ 5k.  Because they are all absolute legends my whatsapp started pinging away and they were all up for it. We will be raising money for cancer research and hopefully helping to fund a cure in my daughters lifetime. What ..read more
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Time to move on.
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by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
So tonight I am sat alone, glass of wine in hand, celebrating the end of treatment and the end of cancer. Sadly, JB is away with work so can’t cheers with me, but not long till our trip to NYC (17 days and counting). It has been the longest 10 months of my life from the intitial trip to the GPs until now. I still have a few follow up appointments and I will be monitored for the next ten years, but I hope to god this cruel bastard does not return. Moving on is going to be tough and as most other patients do there will be huge anxiety about my future. I have no doubt the enormity of what I have ..read more
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One years old
KEEPINGABREASTWITHTHETWINS
by keepingabreastwiththetwins
3y ago
So that’s it my babies are growing up and I’m not sure how much longer I can refer to them as such???Although I spent a chunk of their birthday at the hospital away from them, they still had a lovely day and my family all arrived from down south ready for their party. Now I know a party with 80 guests seems a bit extreme, especially as they won’t even remember it, but I guess it was more of a celebration for me. When I began organising it I had just finished chemotherapy and wanted to celebrate. I sent the parents off to France to pick up loads of booze (turns out you all love drinking at a ki ..read more
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