This is a weird one because it is quite controversial - not that I shy away from controversy - I like to be a little risky and I certainly speak as I find. So this episode is from a conversation with myself that I had last year about "Is it okay to feel okay during treatment?"
It's tricky because as I thought I felt good, I questioned whether that was okay, whether i should be feeling like that and how, if i said that people would react. Would they think that everything was good with me now that, in reality I was recognising that I was having a good day really - and that the next day could be less good (or I suppose it could be better!!).
But what does that matter? Does it really matter if people think I'm okay, if I'm good?
I don't know…..I really don't know the answer - and this stumped me then and still stumps me a bit today!
The real 'thought' on this is this.....
Is it that sometimes we're stuck in an identity of suffering? Are we worried that if we say "I’m okay" people might take away their sympathy? If you know me you’ll know I’m not even big on tea and sympathy, so I really don’t know the answer to that one.
But I’m calling bullshit on it, I’m calling bullshit on the societal thing about cancer ‘sufferers’, I for one don’t ever want to be called a ‘sufferer’.
So when I'm having a good day, I’m going to shout it from the bloody hills!! And I want to encourage you to do the same!
The one thing we need to be careful about is that this can trip us up....because we then do too much!!! Sound familiar?
And then what bloody happens when I do have a good day is that I'll try and do too much. Does that sound familiar? We think of all the things we haven't been able to do because we've been feeling ropey - the ironing, the kitchen floor, that podcast you need to record! - but I want you to step away from that ironing pile, look past the dirty paw prints on the kitchen floor and do something that lights you up instead! 
It could be a walk in the park with the dog, coffee with friends or getting lost in a book for 10 minutes.
That's what we all need to do on a good day (and from now on you’ll all know about it), we need to do things that lift our spirits, that actually add to our good day rather than things that make us tired or maybe make us feel like we're having less of a good day and we need to admit that we're having a bloody good day and feel good about it - because you know what,  next week you might not be feeling like this so why not enjoy it for what it is, right now……which is a bloody good day.
I hope you have a good day today and if not then very soon!

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