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I have been putting off writing a 5 year post for a while. I think I was waiting for some significant moment to happen, something to click and I would feel… I dunno, healed?

I have wrote many posts, shared thoughts and feelings over the last 6 years since being diagnosed but something in me feels like i want this one to have some sort of an ending. A chapter close if you will.

I thought I would feel ecstatic writing about this momentous milestone but sadly and truthfully, I have been feeling more lost in life this year than I have for a very long time.

I’m very cautious of how I use my words here as I never ever want to sound like I am being selfish or ungrateful when it comes to talking about a sore subject so delicate and cruel to many people.

Cancer plain and simple is a thief. It steals time, hope, joy, confidence, optimism, it steals life. It has broken me down in so many ways that I have days where I don’t know how to find a way out. I have fell in and out of love with myself, I have let the inner thoughts take over, I have felt broken, not worthy and that I am just existing.

Being so raw and honest isn’t a vouch for sympathy, it’s not a cry for help it’s just an accurate version of what endless cycles of trauma in a different font can do to a person.

The scrappy stubborn version of me will always fight to try and find the positives in each day and the biggest most important thing of each of those days is that I have my health. I may continue to have a lot of extra work to do to heal the little parts of my broken self but I have been given the incredible experience of a second chance, which many people who have faced this unwanted guest don’t get.

I am closing this part of my life with the hope that I will continue to be lucky enough to have my health. I am closing it with gratitude for everyone who has helped me through and I am closing it with the determination and strength that I will find a version of myself that I will let feel loved and worthy of a beautiful, full life.

Cancer doesn’t have to be the whole story but it will always be a chapter of mine that I will hold near forever. ❤️ by @galsgoss

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2 months ago

I can’t even begin to explain how surreal this feels 💔

Had one of my last appointments on Wednesday afternoon with my consultant buzzing that I’m nearer my 5 year remission sign off. Only just minutes later to experience that pain I sadly know too well. Wednesday evening I had an urgent push through a&e and Friday morning I had to undergo another open surgery to try and correct the twisted adhesions I had in my small bowel.

Heartbroken this had to happen but grateful that it went as well as they had planned. Now let’s rest and navigate this next part of the story ❤️‍🩹 by @galsgoss

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My heart 😭🫶✨ by @galsgoss

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10 months ago

City slicker ☕️🍃 taken in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK by @galsgoss

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10 hours ago

Let’s make the last 3 months count 🙂‍↔️✨🫧 by @galsgoss

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Sundays on the square ☕️🫧⭐️ taken in Hillsborough, Lisburn, United Kingdom by @galsgoss

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2 days ago

evidentially we just love hanging out in and around the airport 🤷‍♀️🛒 taken in Belfast International Airport by @galsgoss

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Special times, special island 📸🪩🌴 taken in Ibiza, Spain by @galsgoss

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5 days ago

Such a beauty to glam✨
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#makeup #makeupartist #makeupaddict #makeuplover #makeuplooks taken in Belfast by @galsgoss

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7 days ago

Note to self, do not leave it another 7 years before visiting the island again 🙂‍↔️💃🪩🌴 taken in San Antonio Bay, Ibiza by @galsgoss

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7 days ago

Inspo : Jessica Rabbit 💋 taken in Belfast by @galsgoss

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9 days ago

Let’s go dancing 💃 taken in Ibiza, Spain by @galsgoss

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