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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Ketchup or mustard from the chemo trolly?
I made the nurse laugh when I asked her for a hot dog with ketchup and mustard from her chemo stand earlier…
Penultimate chemo
After a night of barely any sleep (thank you steroid induced insomnia that had me tweeting David Cameron with our petition at 4am), it is now penultimate chemo day and there’s not a better person […]
Timehop app – what a difference a year makes
This popped up in my Timehop app this morning… a year ago today I was riding a wooden pig on holiday in the Black Forest in Germany. Today I’m having my second to last chemo, […]
Spider nest headscarf
Went to put on a headscarf this morning and it appeared that a spider was using it as a home to lay her eggs in!
Goodbye sleep, hello steroid induced mania!
And so the cycle of chemo begins once more and I am taking a double dose of steroids (Dexamethasone). Goodbye sleep for the next two weeks and hello steroid induced insomnia and hyperness. Expect […]
Liquidised frog spawn breakfast
My amazing mum made this rather dubious looking concoction in her nutribullet. It actually was rather tasty, I think it contained spinach, blueberries, banana, pear, strawberries and yogurt.
Another chemo side effect… feathers?!
So I have appeared to have grown feathers from my vein, a side effect of chemo maybe?!