I'm Jojogingerhead, a 31 year old artist & musician based in Brighton (UK) satirically documenting the highs and lows of my secondary triple negative breast cancer diagnosis. Trying to see the light in a dark and scary situation without using the words fight, battle, journey or survivor.
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Poison running through my veins (first chemo)
The first of six sessions of chemotherapy, I took a mascot, Enrique the Mango with me for moral support (pictured above). The cold cap was like wearing part of the Antarctic, the drugs actually looked […]
Cardigan wearing pole
I seem to be doing e a lot of too-ing and fro-ing to the Breast Care Clinic at the moment for various appointments. The past few days I have walked past this cardigan wearing pole […]
CT wee wee scan
The dye pumping through my veins heats up as the science fiction movie style scanner passes over my body and it feels like I have pissed myself. The nurse informs me that this is normal […]
Pick this up
I had a heart scan today, probably just to check there was one even there. On the way home this poop graffiti made me chuckle!
A bad omen
On my way to Haywards Heath Hospital this morning, I saw a headless teddy bear and a commode just sitting in the street. I didn’t take it as a sign of a bad omen […]
Dude looks like a lady
Today I had an MRI scan at The Esperance Hospital in Eastbourne. The MRI scanner is so loud that they play you music down headphones to distract from the noise. I asked for heavy metal […]
Diagnosed
It is Wednesday 21st May 2014 and today I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.