I went for my appointment at the hospital on the 9th of March and once again it was a bit overwhelming. For the last two weeks, I had been preparing myself for this conversation and thought that it would be a discussion about having a hysterectomy or not. But it wasn’t. I was told that…
I found out on Thursday 14th of February that I have a 6.5 cm (2.5 inches) cyst on my right ovary (that can rupture at any time according to my doctor), three fibroids in my uterus and my Mirena coil had slipped into my cervix. A lot to take in but it explains why I…
Redan som tonåring kände jag att jag ville flytta till England. Jag kände mig aldrig riktigt hemma i Sverige, kände mig alltid lite som en utomböling och att jag inte passade in. Längtade bort… Förstår idag att det nog handlade mycket om min självkänsla (som inte var speciellt bra) och det var kanske mer en…
Lying in my hospital bed, I saw mum peering at me from behind the door. I’ll never forget the expression on her face. She’d never looked so sad. I was recovering from an eight-hour op, felt totally confused. I was living in Denmark at the time and mum was in Sweden. There was no way…
I used to feel lost and confused. Felt like I didn’t belong. I wanted to move abroad but didn’t know how. I wanted to do so much with my life, but never realised that I was supposed to live and embrace life in the now. What changed? After a lifesaving colostomy operation (due to a…