Its weird how nearly a year on I can remember how it went! Daisy and I got told the news a day before fathers day! Our parents sat us down in the garden and said they need to tell us something. I straight away thought divorce! I don't know why, they have always been a happy couple, but Cancer wouldn't happen to us. My mum told us the news and of course we were all in floods, she said to us:
"we aren't giving up and are going to try everything, but we just need to stay positive."
I remember thinking to myself, ah chemo and a surgery and it will be gone! unfortunately it isn't that easy, so it actually hit me a few months after being diagnosed, and obviously even now nearly a year on, I still have days where I think of something new to be emotional about. Although its ok to be upset, we haven't spent much time feeling negative! The Bradley's are a strong team and we are forever each others rocks. We have spent the last year being stronger than ever.
From that first day we have tried our best, kick starting the positivity by spending Fathers day at the beach. We suddenly had a new meaning of family time. Spending the day at Minnis bay with no phone signal or data. We took a picnic and set up the beach hut for the most relaxing day. you never would have thought a day before we were all breaking from the worst news.
A healer ?
We got told about a healer in Devon, who has has some wonderful success stories.
His work is all energy based and he says to have the ability to influence different parts of the body including blood cells and cancer. From the moment we spoke about visiting him, I was all for it. none of us in the past have ever been a big believer in anything like this, maybe it was more we haven't needed to believe it, or we never understood ?
July we booked an Air b&b and headed to Devon. Dad was still in pain, Chemo hadn't started and he had lost a lot of weight, but it was a lovely little cottage, and we were altogether! its so bizarre how you can adapt to something quicker than you would ever imagine.
The sessions were half an hour to an hour, and although you couldn't see anything physically happening, dad felt energy going through this body, and the last session left him with the feeling that he was floating! one hand was placed on dads lower back, ( where he gets most of his pain) and the other hand placed on his chest.
Its mad to think we went all that way to see someone who so unknown, and when you put what he does in simple terms its crazy! but we still to this day think he has a huge influence.
oh Britannia!
Throughout the summer, we done varies days out and spent a lot of it together. September 22nd is Dads birthday and what a way to celebrate than go to the Air show at Duxford ( Dads favourite) I can't say much about it because I really didn't understand what plane was what, but it was lovely quality time listening to dad tell us 'fun facts.' He is a huge fan of all things war, and although I used to brush it off because I had no understanding, I now appreciate, pay attention and ask questions. Sorry you didn't get a boy dad, and have to put up us having no idea! I remember driving home, dad eating the biggest mcdonalds and hardly being in pain at all! Great day!
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