Keep taking the tablets...

Hello everyone, how have you all been.  Long time no speak, as they say.

Just a short one for you. I though this might be a good time to update you all as it was a year ago today that I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  A whole year ago, where on earth did that year go?

I remember clearly, as if it was yesterday, sitting in the Surgeons office with Tall Kevin as she explained the diagnoses and the treatment plan, all the while drawing little diagrams and making lists to help me understand.  I didn’t understand a word.  I still don’t understand a lot of it, and am in awe of the whole process but I still have those drawings, and they make a bit more sense now.  And also, I’m very happy that that year is behind me and not ahead of me.

I was supposed to finish this last lot of chemotherapy drugs on 19th September but unfortunately, in his wisdom, the grumpy man in the suit decided to add on a couple more rounds to the end, so now I don’t finish until 31st October.  Needless to say, when he told me, I was VERY annoyed.  This was the second time he had sprung ‘extra’ treatment on me and I don’t think I was very polite when he told me ( I was very rude!) but he took it on the chin and commended me on my attitude.  Ha!  Anyway, October 31st is a good day to finish as (because its Halloween) there will be fireworks and I can claim that they are all for me.  I won’t be sorry to see the fireworks, as I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!  But I’m not going to complain.  Instead I’m going to be grateful for all the help and support (and flowers and sweets and chocolate and cake) that I received from my family and friends over the year, and just give them a gentle reminder that they’re not finished listening to me complaining yet!

But not long to go and I’ll update you again when I’m finished! So for now, I’ll just keep taking the tablets.... (and there's an awful lot of them!)