Happy Christmas from Me and Brian!

Well, Happy Christmas! Thank you to all of you who have read and supported this blog. Especially thank you to those who have come back into my life and made up the silver lining of this awful year! I've been stressing recently, worrying that this may be my last Christmas. I've realised today that it doesn't matter, all you can do is just enjoy what is happening right now and do it to the best of your ability. Look for the small things and make the most of what you have. Right now I'm sat around the fire with my family. (Pause as 2year old clambers all over me) I've spent the day entertaining my little sisters, I don't know who's the bigger kid! It was nice to be able to properly jump on the trampoline with them again, without fear of just fall in through it. Actually being able to stand up on it is a miracle to me now! I took the eldest (4) out for a walk and she took her bike. As predicted she got bored half way through, so I said give it here then, and she ended up chasing big sis on a bike that is quite literally just higher than my knee! Stuff it, have fun! I had a great time in Cardiff earlier this week, highly recommend a visit! I haven't been 'out out' or drank in excess since the week before my diagnosis, and I didn't hold back. I even brought out the rose tequila! Shout out to the duke of York and staff for that one! It's a must try I promise you. We went to perhaps the cheesiest, emptiest club ever but it was great, we made it our own! They even played come on eileen (favourite) it made me so happy to hear that! To prove my new found spontaneity, my parents and best friend kindly recieved a picture of a chicken nugget at 3am, big achievement for me! I was then described as looking like 'death in makeup' and a couple of you have been lucky enough to see the before and after shot! Definitely worth it. I insisted on finding the coast on the drive back home... We found an estuary and a cafe that did an all day breakfast. That was good enough for us! I cannot describe how amazing it is to be starting to look and feel like myself again. The hundreds of drunken selfies on my phone must be evidence of this. It really is nice to have your make up done and look good agin for once! My energy levels are going back up again, thanks to my acupuncturist! I thoroughly recomend accupuncture in general as it really can make a difference to such a variety of 'problems' and it really doesn't hurt... All the time. I will explain more about this once I've had another session or two so I can thoroughly explain the benefits in particular to you DIPG fighters. My last mention in this post is to wish my mom a happy birthday. For those of you who don't know, she passed away from an unrelated cancer 11years ago. I usually feel very emotional about this day but this year I actually feel,closer to her than ever. In the past, to think of memories of her has been painful, yet now it's a real comfort and inspiration. I'm always told how alike we were, I wasn't however hoping to take it this far! But it can be seen as just another way to connect us. I'll end this post here and wish you all a wonderful Christmas. Enjoy every single second. I have one Christmas wish... Share my blog and let's help spread a little bit of silver lining this Christmas, help me take away the taboo of cancer and show that good things can come from the bad. When life gives you lemons...