Highs and lows in heartbreaking blog

FEB 27, 2015

On receiving my biopsy results [on February 3rd], I was told it is a particularly aggressive type of tumour…and I was given a time scale of months to a maximum of 3 years to live. No words can describe how hearing that news felt.

AUG 12

I have basically just felt a bit POOP! I have piled on weight, I have no hair, I have minging skin (all may seem so little and trivial in the grand scheme of things I know), and being completely honest, I don’t think I have ever got my head around the fact that I have cancer (nope, I certainly haven’t, as it still feels odd typing it out).

NOV 10

Chemo has slowly become slightly easier… my anti sickness medication seems to be doing the trick! My headaches have become slightly worse – but I am trying my hardest not to let them take over my life.

DEC 8

On December 5th, Andy got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. OF COURSE I SAID YES !!!!!! I am still buzzing with excitement …He has made me the happiest woman alive!

DEC 23

If you are out there Santa, I have been a very good girl this year.…Please, Santa, all I want for Christmas is my scan to be stable.

FEB 15, 2016

I need to thank everyone who has helped me during this mad year. I wouldn’t be able to keep in such a positive frame of mind without you all.

JULY 8

In a final video log, she says: ‘I had my hen party two weekends ago. It was amazing. My sister did an incredible job of organizing it. We went to York … stayed in a lovely apartment and had a lovely meal out, and yeah, we got quite drunk. I had an amazing time…I cannot wait to become Mrs Anna Louise Bell.