In the first week of August I took the children to New Wine. We had a wonderful time camping with friends and spending lots of time in worship, and hearing new things about how God is transforming lives. William was very busy, working on Team as a children's group leader, but he had a great week and made some new friends.

It was really great that my godmother made contact and, as she lives not too too far from Shepton Mallet, came to visit us for an afternoon at the campsite. We had a good catch up as we hadn't seen one another for 21 years!

I was so healthy and full of energy all week, and this made it even harder to face the final chemotherapy session on Monday 9th.

My oncologist explained that I will be telephoned around the end of September to begin a three week course of daily radiotherapy treatments, but until then all I have to do is recover from this last chemotherapy and enjoy the break from treatments.

I think the feelings of nausea, headache, gut rot, weird smells and tastes, confusion, and anxiety were the worst ever after my 6th chemo. I felt really rotten and tearful for the first week. I began to feel better after 9 days, but then easily tired and breathless as I hit the nadir of my bloodcounts.

And now - I feel just fine. I am so glad to have finished the chemotherapy. It has been hard work and very frustrating to feel rubbish in one way or another for 2 weeks out of three these past 4 months.

As soon as I felt better, Barbara and I spent a couple of days making damson jam - having found damsons growing wild and for free on the A4! And then later, I was pleased to accept Rebecca's help in painting our bedroom - a rather lovely intense truffle and soft duck egg blue.

The next challenge will be returning to work on 6th September, albeit mornings only for the time being. I will have to redevelop some self discipline about time management!

So many folk have approached me to tell me that my hats look great, and several have suggested I make them for others. After a lot of thought and research, I have decided that I can offer support and advice, and make hats, to help women create their own hat wardrobe to see them stylishly through their hair loss days. In a time of life when things are happening to you that you didn't choose, it can be quite empowering to have a lot of choice about what to put on your head each day, and to know you've made a deliberate decision to include your headgear choice in your wardrobe choice for the day. It's about owning your new look, and taking control., making your hat work with, not against, the rest of your clothes..... now, Hats Better!