Crazy Cancer Lady

37 year old Irish breast cancer terminista. Thwarted crazy cat lady. Diagnosed with de novo stage 4 breast cancer at 31, I first got symptoms when I was 27.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

Of the ‘Hi, I’m dying of cancer’ books I’ve read, I would most recommend ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ by Paul Kalanithi and ‘Late Fragments (Everything I Want To Tell You About This Magnificent Life)’ by Kate Gross. Both beautiful, crystalline reads, neither strays into mawkishness.

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@AmaliaSouthey Melatonin. It’s a conventional medical prescription but of the chemical your body makes to bring on sleep. I find it really good because you don’t get dependent on it, it’s not addictive and it just gently gives you a push into sleep rather than knocking you out.

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@JamesBarry1789 @thenursemattie @Sianysianyboots @cassesque @LaraRixon @bindelj @PeterTatchell @Lungbarrow1 Ooh, literally x 2 also!

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@ShehasMBC @Michele_Miller7 @ThanksCancer @jenhowse @PanCancerCanada @letswinpc That’s why I can never understand people mentioning cancer in their obituaries/death notices. I’m making NO mention of cancer in mine. It ruined my life. Literally. My obituary will be about me and my loved ones.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@coccinellanovem It’s both useful AND anxiety-inducing. Nothing makes dying easier, I’m discovering. My brain won’t be quelled. 😒

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

A non-cancery tweet. I’m getting fed up of writers starting each book chapter with a quote by another writer or a philosopher or whatever. It’s so overdone at this point. You’re writing a book yourself, trust that your words are enough.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@joslyoung That’s exactly it!

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@suequinnaziz Well, I have terminal cancer, so…

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

I’ve had so many kind private messages sent to me. Thank you for them all. 🙏 Things are touch and go for me right now. I’m hospitalised after AC chemo debilitated me. Big decisions re: whether to stop treatment altogether are in the offing. So that’s my update. 😕

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@coccinellanovem I’m not sure enjoying is the word. Lots of books about my predicament. 😒

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@DottyBoo Working on those things but accepting that I need them now is scary.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@suequinnaziz I’m leaning towards ending treatment. Which is terrifying. 😞

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@sqwawk So sorry, Neil. x

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@teaforpterosaur To make me do this: 😭

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

True dat. 😆

[Thanks Cancer! @ThanksCancer]

If I am an inspiration just because I had cancer, you have got some low fucking standards.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@MeghanSacks That is just so rude. That person has no self-awareness

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@mskatestafford Yeah, if I’ve persevered with the book, it’s the author’s words I’m interested in, not anyone else’s.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@theiasshole Fair enough! 👌🙂

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@girltimeintl Oh my god, EXACTLY!

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@BettySea_ @BigBillMoon I was most fascinated by her description of how the church appeals to the child’s natural sense of ego and self-centredness and wanting to feel grown up to hook them in. Bastards.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@BigBillMoon @BettySea_ 🤣🤣🤣

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@BettySea_ @BigBillMoon Leah Remini has great insight into the church and its recruiting methods. And she’s an interesting case in that she didn’t join as a celebrity. She joined as a child when her mother married a Scientologist. She touched on Cruise being treated like a god.

[Crazy Cancer Lady @CrazyCancerLady]

@BettySea_ @BigBillMoon Actually, no. 🤔 Okay, so he actually gets angry in interviews? Yikes!