Bye Bye Cancer

It's 3 weeks since my operation and on Wednesday I went for my check up at the hospital. They had the results back from the bits of me they took out. They found: NO CANCER WHOOP WHOOP.
I was so happy and a bit emotional, I really do like being alive, and I really would be gutted if I had to have more operations and radiotherapy and all the stuff.

It does mean that this whole operation was completely pointless though, and I do miss my pelvic lymph node a bit. They're not completely pointless like the appendix. They help blood flow round the body and living without them means I have to do exercises to help the blood flow and I'm at risk of getting lymphedema or elephant leg as I like to call it. I made the mistake of googling it.

Eww. This is not even the worst picture there's way more disgusting ones.

I enjoyed a bit of time off, I had a week in bed and then 2 weeks where I had a couple of hours off each day. I didn't get through as much Netflix as I thought. I'm quite a doer so rest is difficult for me. In my rest time I also managed to book in several comedy gigs and start organising my monthly comedy night aimed at parents, did my tax return, made a bus birthday cake and party bags, and did some painting of the house. I did have some good naps too.

The Jelly king celebrating turning 4

We made 2 trips to Wilkos, 1 to B&Q and 1 to Taskers, before choosing the yellow on the bottom left which is actually a mixture of two paints.

This is for the new guest room now that Sarah has moved out

Everyone has been super amazing, one person paid for me to have a cleaner and the cleaner bought me chocolates! So many people bought me meals and I even had someone offer to stop well meaning people from bringing me food if it was needed. One person managed to get 4 car seats in their car to take percy and 3 under 2s out, and virtually everyone I know has texted me to ask how I was doing or prayed for me. My parents have been helping out on Mondays and Friday's even learning how to dance "the beam bag parade" in Percy and Eric's music and movement group. Dan as always has been super hardworking and been up early every day with the kids and taken over full control of the clothes wash and took Percy and friends out to mattel play for his birthday. Thank you! You are all heroes.

I was on a bit of a high driving back from the hospital (metaphorically) and then I passed a cyclist that had just collided with a non moving car. He just cycled straight into a back windscreen and smashed it. The car driver was already on the phone to the ambulance but I thought as I had just escaped cancer I should go and see if I could help. There was a lot of blood but the cyclist was conscious and sort of ok. I stayed and chatted with him for a while and gave him my kitkat and a bike lock I had so that he could lock up his bike and collect it later. In the car was two women and a baby who were all fine, but the baby did need a nappy change and luckily I had a nappy and wipes in the can too. I told the guy "that's your halloween costume sorted" it was probably too soon for that joke.

Percy's train picture we made into a pumpkin.

I don't know if Stage 1 cancer is bad enough to have a completely new perspective on life, you know those people who survive something massive and then go on to start a charity or climb everest. Yeah I didn't have bad enough cancer for that kind of thing, but I guess I am really grateful for the wonderful friends and family I have and we've almost booked a holiday for easter time. Driving in a Campervan from Nice to Barcelona. I cant wait.