How It Feels To Know
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6 min readJul 21, 2023
At the beginning of 2022, my parents, husband, and I were still being Covid-cautious. We’d been part of what was dubbed ‘shielding’, in which people more at risk of SARS-CoV-2 were urged to be more vigilant, to stay at home longer.
During 2020 (and for some of 2021), my Mum was still undertaking chemotherapy treatments, and autumn of 2020 she had a major specialised operation to reduce the risk of her bowel cancer returning.
