A Taste Of Home

10/09/2024

Well, I don't know what to say really, so am just gonna pop on out with my news as I have a lot of you still contacting me & asking how I am. I'll try & be as straight as I can with it & explain fully, as I'm really not in the mood for chatting at the mo.
Consultant rang me this morning to say he had a bit of bad news for me. I've not been accepted for the new cancer trial as most unfortunately, a MRI has shown my cancer has spread to 3 places in my brain as well as my lymphs my lung & my liver.
Well played beastie cancer, looks like you finally got me, even after all my denials & kicking & screaming all the way. Don't be mistaken though you little s**t.... I'll still be fighting you every step of the way! I am stronger than you could ever imagine.
In slightly better news, the hospital haven't written me off yet & I start chemo on Weds. The hope is that the chemo slows it enough to give me at least a few months.
Yeah it's awful news, but like I say, I ain't giving up, so I hope you as my customers over the years will believe in me ♥️. Much love to one n all & will try to stay in touch with updates for those that regularly ask me.
Annie xx

01/09/2024

Miss this! (& all of you!)
I don't however miss working every weekend and the tonnes of mashed tater & yorkies 😆

23/08/2024

'Ello Annie's l'il chuckie eggs, it's been a while....
Soz, I've been going through some 'stuffs'
Can't think of a softly softly way to tell you all this, so I'm just gonna pop on out with it as I have a lot of folks asking, so it's easier to put a post on here.
A couple of months back, after a ct scan, I was told the cancer was on the move, from my lymph node into the upper right lobe of my lung & they had seen something 'indistinctive' in my liver. I told them it would be all the Jack Daniel's I've swigged over the years swishing round there & that's what they could see 😁.
After a repeat ct scan recently, sadly it wasn't the JD, the cancer had now spread across to my liver too & they were both increasing in size.
On the plus side, they're on the case. Chemo starts on Tuesday if my sodium is ok after a blood test & I'm also on the list for a chemical trial and will be able to start that as soon as I've had tests to see if I'm suitable for it 😊
Life expectancy? Well that was one of my first questions, ya know me, but it all depends if any of this treatment works or not. It could be a case of 'I'm here for a good time, not a long time' or with a bit of luck & the wind blowing in the right direction, I'm gonna see my boys 40th birthday & my birthday next year. I'm going for the 2nd option as I'm determined you're not gonna beat me cancer. I am stronger willed & more bloody minded than you are you beastie, so let's dance, see what you can do.
Anyways, seems my luck is changing. Left hospital to get an email from the people's postcode lottery to tell me I've won my first ever tenner 🎉. Shame I cancelled my subscription a couple of days ago innit? 😆. True story that 🤣. How's ma luck? No crisp £10 note winging it's way to me!

21/03/2024

Seeing as it's before the 9pm watershed, s'cuse the naughty word 😉 😝.
Thought I'd give you a Thursday morning smile 😊.
Annie x

14/03/2024

Oh I do miss steak nights at a Taste of Home 😆 & the banter 😀

06/02/2024

Poor Charlie 👑😥 Welcome to the exclusive members only club my duck.
My words of wisdom (??) to you? Accept its s**t but accept you've got it. Own it. You HAVE got it, you can't change that, so try and smile through your life rather than crying through it & making yourself miserable. Talk about it, don't avoid it, it helps & you fight like a m**o dude! Fight like the 3rd tiger trying to get on Noahs Ark.
Lotsaluv your Chief Advisor & probably the only one of them that will tell you like it is, Annie Youngs. 😘

21/12/2023

Just in case I forget closer to the time, I'd just like to wish all my past customers a very Merry Christmas, with all my love, Annie xx
Bit different for me this year. Over 90 meals cooked for Christmas day last year & this one, I'm being cooked for 😁.
Anhyhoo, have a cracker one n all.

24/08/2023

Once a professional business woman, always a professional business woman 😁.
Ooo I do miss my business page 😂

24/08/2023

Once a professional business woman, always a professional business woman 😁.
Ooo I do miss the banter on my business page 😂

20/08/2023

I keep getting messages asking how I'm diddling, so thought I'd write a post on here rather than reply to you all individually (thank you for asking btw 😘xx)
Girl doing good under the circumstances! Chemo completed, as is radiotherapy on my lungs. I'm currently half way through my stint of daily brain radiotherapy (yeah they DID manage to find a brain, surprise surprise.)
Hair is coming back, albeit a totally different colour & VERY curly. It currently resembles a silver grey p**e bush/brillo pad, but I'm just grateful owt has come back tbh 😁.
I'm taking a small pharmacies worth of pills, potions & lotions, but apart from being skinter than I ever have been in my life I'm very happy & managing to plod along and do things still. I still manage to walk my beloved rescue dogs & have bought a little old touring caravan which we shall be off oot n aboot in again as soon as this radiotherapy stint is completed.
Life is good, make the most of it I say ❤.
Much luvs to one n all. Annie xx

15/06/2023

I wish I was still open sometimes. Could do with some of my food this weekend 😋😂.
Maybe I could open this weekend 🤔. I can't manage the food I used to, but maybe everyone would like my new specialities? Due to memory loss through the meds, cremated toast & frozen pizza which is as black as my heart when I've finished with it. No?? Ok well maybe I'll tempt your tastebuds with pan fried blackened fuesli pasta. Its not supposed to be either pan fried or blackened, but tends to go like that if you forget about it for an hour 😂😂
One day I might be well enough to manage something without causing a disaster again 😁. Fingers 🤞

13/06/2023

3km walk? Smashed it! (Although it has nearly smashed me & my legs still aren't working properly yet even now 🙄.)
Thank you so much to everyone who donated, I love you all ❤. Also a big thank you to my walking buddies who kept me going when legs said "nope, no more, that's enough now thanks."
I'm sure they'll be grateful of this little wedge on the ward & lets hope it gives many terminal people a little treat 😊

09/06/2023

Last little nudge in the right direction to hopefully raise a bit more dosh to enable the nurses on this wonderful ward to be able to fund a few more treats & activities for the terminally ill on the ward.
C'mon folks, dig deep and donate just the money that you would spend on 2 drinks this weekend or a takeaway, I guarantee it'll make you feel good about yourself 😊.
Walk at 12 o'clock tomorrow, so a big thank you from me for all your donations so far. You're all stars ⭐ in my eyes 😘 xx

Help Annie Youngs raise money to support Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity

07/06/2023

3 days to go. Please hang on in there my dodgy leggies 🦵🦵 😁.
Please share. Only £70 to go to raise £1000 😊😘 xx

Help Annie Youngs raise money to support Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity

02/06/2023

One week to go!Thank you so much to everyone that has already donated to help the Macmillan ward at the Royal Derby hospital. A fab unit.
My leggies are playing up again at the mo, so this ain't gonna be easy!
If you can't afford to donate, then please share for me so it makes my jaunt worthwhile. Ta 😘 xx

Help Annie Youngs raise money to support Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity

28/04/2023

Thank you to everyone that has donated so far 😚 xx
If you have a quid spare, please consider throwing at this for me... & if you don't, please share in the hopes that one of your friends might x

Help Annie Youngs raise money to support Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity

24/04/2023

Not done an update for a bit, so I'm pleased to report I'm still alive and kicking 😉😁.
Keep your 🤞 for me tomorrow... off to see my Consultant to see if I'm well enough for my last chemo for a wee while on Weds. I was too poorly last week :(
If I can get that that bad boy out the way, I can then have the radiotherapy on my lungs & brain.
Bring it the f**k onnn I say! ✊