The Frank Diary of Anne

The PET scan showed……… the tumour has gone!!!!!

Got the news this morning at the hospital from the consultant. I am so pleased and relieved and so is Chris.

The consultant said that it was an excellent result and the PET scan results were very accurate.

It will take 3 to 6 months for my immune system to recover and I must just take it easy for a while. We just chatted about a few other things and they he said I could go. I saw my other consultant in the corridor and thanked her for everything they had done for me.

All that happens now is that I have to have a check up every three months for two years, and then every six months for eight years.

The consultant said to try not to be anxious and keep checking for lumps, but if anything did come up just to come straight back to the clinic.

After that, I went downstairs to the Day Case Unit and told a couple of the chemo nurses the good news, they were really pleased.

Then I rang my Dad at work to tell him and he was so pleased too. I told him we were going home to put the champagne in the fridge and he said not to drink too much (typical dad comment).

Then we went home and I sat on the sofa for a while trying to take it in.  I thought that the cancer MUST have gone after all that chemo, but it isn’t until you hear it yourself from the doctors that it becomes real.

As it was a nice day we decided to go to the beach so we ran about in the sea and walked along the beach and had an ice cream to celebrate. Then we went to a vineyard and did some wine tasting and then we went out for lunch.

The champagne is still in the fridge at the moment, I thought I would wait until my Dad came to open it so we can celebrate properly.

Even now, it is only sinking in that this is finally over.  This has certainly been a horrible experience, I would like to say one that I will forget, but I will never forget it.

On the plus side, it has made me see things in a totally different light, and I really think it has changed me.  I now appreciate those close to me so much more. The relationship that I have with Chris was strong anyway, but I think that this has brought us closer together and we realise that if we can get through this together, we can pretty much get through anything.

So many things I took for granted before as I am sure many people do, and I take nothing for granted now. People still look at me with pity because I have no hair, which annoys me because I don’t really care about it anymore. I am just grateful to still be here!

I now find it extremely difficult to tolerate people who moan about things that they consider to be “problems” but which are such minor things.

All in all, I am just so glad that it is over now, and I can get on with enjoying life and  spending time with the people close to me. I am looking forward to the future now, and Chris and I have got many nice things planned to make up for the last seven months. We plan to do all the things that we have thought about doing and never quite got round to. Most importantly, we can enjoy our wedding and start our married life together knowing that I am on the road to recovery.

Thank you once again to all the people who have given me advice, support and just kept my spirits up through these last few months. You will never know how much it has been appreciated.

But thanks most of all to my Dad and to Chris – I couldn’t have got through it without you both.

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