Getting well

I've thought long and hard about whether to continue posting through my treatment. But blip has been part of my life for a long while now. This isn't something I'm likely to forget anyway when I come out the other side. And by my sharing my "journey", someone might just share something with me that helps me fight this, or I might just help someone else going through something similar.

On 17th December I was given the news that I have cancer. There followed further scans and tests and an agonising three week wait for results as to what my options are. We told the kids that I was poorly and had to go to hospital for tests and tried to keep things as normal as things are at the moment throughout Christmas. We did a good job as Tobes said to us on the drive over to mums on Christmas Day that this was the best Christmas ever!!

My symptoms have been very mild. I nearly cancelled my initial appointment as I had started to feel better. Thank God I didn't.

My cancer is treatable and with good luck curable. My oncologist is lovely and I feel as though I'm in very good hands.

Today I start my chemotherapy. This is the start of me getting better.

I have cancer but cancer doesn't have me.