Sooo I was going to wind this blog up as it wasn't feeling particularly relevant anymore. However, and this is a BIG however, I had my 6 monthly oncology appointment this week, and it wasn't good. What I had thought was a strained ligament at the top of my left leg turned out to be another tumour- right next to where the other one was. Not what I wanted to hear! There's no plan put in place yet as the oncologist wants me to have more blood tests and he wants to get the opinion of the surgeon that did my last op as to whether it needs any other treatment (chemo/radio etc).
To say it was a shock is a huge understatement. I've been back at work for nearly two years and, apart from the 'ligament strain' I've felt great! I've had energy. I lost all the weight I put on after the op and my hair has grown so I've been feeling like 'myself' again. Admittedly, the leg has been causing problems for the last couple of weeks but this has thrown me. The (slightly) positive side is that I've been given painkillers and steroids which have made it so much more comfortable in just a few days.
Since we've told family and friends, we've had so many lovely messages of love and support, it's amazing. Even if people say "I don't know what to say, but I'm here for you!", it means so much.
As a weird coincidence- one of my Facebook memories on that day was a quote from one of my favourite authors- Karen Swan: "Above the Clouds the Sun is always Shining!" ("Christmas in the Snow"). In other words, I'm going to use it as a mantra to remain positive through this next hurdle. We're going to try and do some nice things as much as we can. (As a side note, we managed to go to our first gig in 7 years the other week. We saw Molotov Jukebox, a band fronted by the actress who played Tonks in Harry Potter and Osha in Game of Thrones- even met her and she's AWESOME!)
Anyway- I'll try and post again when I know more.
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