Help Danielle Fight Cancer

Hey everyone,

I wasn't quite sure what to write this fortnight so just sending a little update to let you know I am still in the realm of the living! My latest blood test today had a CEA level of 2 (which is that of a regular human) so these drugs are doing their thing!!

It's been a full on couple of weeks trying to squeeze in as much living as I can. I have just come back from an amazing weekend away at the cutest little bach in Waitarere which my lovely friends kindly organised. We spent a majority of the weekend checking out all the 2nd hand stores in the area and I developed a very unhealthy obsession with Crown Lynn pottery and all things retro. If you see a crazy woman in your local opshop turning all the cups upside down to check out the stamp on the bottom, that will be me!

I experienced my 1st 100 metre dino sprint in Whitby with my big sister and family, this is where a group of people dressed up in inflatable dinosaur costumes and ran for 100 metres, photo attached to make your day. I would have loved to paricipate myself but unfortunately one of my feet has a couple of pretty deep cracks in it (joys of chemo) and I am hobbling around like an 80 year old. Poor Jamie, when we first met I wore dresses and high heels, these days I'm limping around in a super fugly dressing gown. If you see him give him a hug 😂.

I also had my first ride (or sail?) in a yacht, which my Brad Pitt level handsome partner arranged. It was a perfect day for it and I did not hurl once thanks to Sealegs.

Luca's (my daughter) hockey team won their first game, she was so nervous beforehand as she had never played before, I was so proud!

Am currently lying on the couch completely exhausted but heart full of happy memories which we intend to keep making thanks to all of you.

Danielle xxx