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I'm not entirely convinced anyone still reads these but, if you are here, thank you and welcome. If you've read any of my previous rammel, you will know that I started blogging in early 2025 as a way to help me process an incredibly challenging time in my life. On the back of some devastating losses, I received a sudden and completely unexpected diagnosis of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. While enduring my third round of chemotherapy, I lost my Mum. My first blog, Letter to Cyril, was an experiment in catharsis, written largely while I was an in patient on a Haematology Ward. I hoped it might inspire anyone going through a turbulent time. Although I talk a lot about loss, I also repeatedly return to the themes of finding meaning in suffering and having gratitude for what you have. I followed this up with a shorter blog, After Cyril, which talks about the beginnings of recovery from the perspective of someone who has battled cancer twice and is impatient to pi...