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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Bald (not drunk) in public
Okay I lied about not being drunk in public. I did it, I finally went out in public wig-less and headgear-less for the first time since shaving my head in June 2014 (before chemo started). […]
Selfies with Berylhead
I managed to get some selfies with the legend that is Berylhead last time I was in the Sussex Cancer Centre. Suggestions for Berylhead so far have ranged from ‘write FUCK CANCER across her […]
Pin the tail on the cancer patient (my portacath is now in place)
I had a minor operation under general anaesthetic today to install a portacath underneath the skin of my chest to make receiving IV drugs such as chemotherapy and giving blood a lot easier. The […]
Beryl – the Sussex Cancer Centre monstrousity
Is this monstrosity in the Sussex Cancer Centre supposed to help women feel better about losing their hair? Because it made me want to gauge my eyes out with a wooden spoon so I didn’t […]
Return of the Jedi. Did I say Jedi? No whoops I meant cancer.
It’s exactly two weeks since I found out that the cancer has returned and ten days since I found out that it has spread to my liver. I don’t think I will ever forget […]
20 days of radio #1
So I’m seeing in the new year with more radiotherapy and in an attempt make the dull process of having it everyday for the next month a little more interesting (the most exciting part […]
End of the year, start of my life
Well it’s New Years eve and I’m about to go to hospital for todays radiotherapy session. That’s something I never thought I would say (I find myself writing that phrase A LOT at the […]