This evening I had a phone call from my breast nurse. Still no test result but at the team meeting it has been decided to go ahead with my surgery on 12th December. So I do have a plan of sorts.
I can enjoy Christmas with G and the girls .. a glass a two of Prosecco 😉 and I can also enjoy my birthday, which is a bit of a significant one. Hooray!
I hope to know about chemo next week but for now I am happy …

3 x positive things for today
A friend helped me get a surprise present for Elle
Making progress on that stats assignment
Asthma is heaps better thanks to steroids

Spoke to my breast nurse today and it would realistically seem that I won’t find out if chemo is needed until Friday.
Friday, two weeks after diagnosis, four weeks since the recall letter and six weeks since my mammogram. So fair to say patience is running a bit thin. I am stuck in this wierd cancer vortex…not able to move forward just stuck, living one day at a time. The girls keep talking about Christmas, I can’t really focus on the festivities until I know what is happening. I could be recovering from surgery…a known quantity second time round or quite possibly be in my first chemotherapy cycle, a complete unknown and a frankly scary prospect.
So I keep busy, lecture tomorrow, counselling Weds and coffee dates with friends. Friday will come and plans can and will be made.

To keep positive I am trying to find 3 things to be grateful for each day!
Today I am grateful to a very kind friend who came to my aid, for our wonderful NHS who saw me today and prescribed steroids for my worsening asthma and for G and the girls who listen to a rather grumpy mum!

Last Friday after what seemed eternity G and I received the news we didn’t want to hear again. I have cancer in my other breast. The good news it is curable, but as we are still waiting for test results my treatment has not yet been finalised. Surgery and radiotherapy are a definite, but I have a 50:50 chance of chemo. Hopefully we will know more by the end of November .

The amazing support and good wishes from friends and family means a lot. Thank you to you all. Hopefully this blog will help anyone wanting to follow my treatment.

Love G xx

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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton