by qfqs9 | Dec 4, 2022 | My journey
Whose idea was it to do 20 walks of 20 miles? Mine. Who’s only ever walked one 20 mile walk in their life? Me. Who did 2-mile dog walks as training? Me. Who struggled every step of the way? Me. But do you know what? I wouldn’t have changed any of my...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 25, 2022 | My journey
At around the same time my melanoma was discovered, I had an MRI scan and the results were more detailed than I’d ever read before. They worried me because they showed a leak on the heart repair. From the beginning of my surgery, I’d been told that my...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 24, 2022 | My journey
There have been many times since my surgery that I’ve been reminded of my surgery and how fragile life actually can be. To think that I learnt to play the trumpet with one working lung without anyone realising it is a testament to my teacher and her teaching...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 23, 2022 | My journey
I was having problems with accepting my new body. I never knew I was ill, so I don’t see myself with an illness. And they’d repaired it. So surely, I was fine. An impatient patient I’m not a patient person, which made me not a great patient. If...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 21, 2022 | My journey
I was so nervous getting ready for surgery, but my GUCH nurse came and sat with me and my mum, keeping our spirits up and trying to calm my nerves. (Somerville Foundation – formally GUCH) This would be the last time I would see my chest scar free. 22 with a...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 18, 2022 | My journey
Medical procedures are something I’ve gotten used to over the years. So many professionals have seen my open, bare-naked chest, that I no longer have any issues with undressing for all these “procedures”. But at 22, I had issues with it! Before the...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 16, 2022 | My journey
Now heart problems are something I’ve grown up with. But they were my dad’s, not mine. When he was 39 and I was 8, he had his first heart attack. This changed our family in so many ways, but we supported each other and learnt to live with Dad’s ever changing...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 14, 2022 | My journey
It’s good to look back on your life and see how the journey unfolds, how you got to where you are and what steered you there. Looking back on my life, there is strong evidence of resilience and pretty much doing what I want to do, rather than what is expected of...
by Becky Stevens | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
How Hot Do You Want It?Well there’s a story behind this latest creation!!My husband is chilli obsessed. This is due to him having no sense of smell (its not covid, it’s an actual thing 藍). He adds chilli flakes to everything so he can have some flavour,...
by Becky Stevens | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
I haven’t been looking forward to today. As it reminds me of the utter failure I felt this time last year. I had saved all my business money to take my husband and daughter to Cambodia to visit my sister. On checking in at the airport we were turned away as our...
