The Next Cancer Chapter

Larry has gone but he's not quite finished yet...

Hello again! Thought I'd post a little update as today I had an appointment with the oncology team; in case you are staring blankly at the word "oncology" - these are the people that deal with the treatment of cancer, meaning that they are the team that I discuss my upcoming chemo/radiotherapy/medication with. No surprise to hear that it is all going ahead as we were previously told - so stay tuned folks, still to come we have:

1. The story of the fertility clinic - including hormone injections and egg harvesting.

2. The chronicle of a cancer patient having a PICC line inserted - don't know what this is? Just enjoy the fact that you don't know and accept that if you see me after this event then I will fully enjoy showing it to you. My little friend for the next four and a half months.

3. The drama of chemotherapy at Mount Vernon - this place sounds like it should be some kind of theme park, right? Unfortunately there are no roller coasters here, just a whole load of people receiving cancer treatment.

4. The wonder of the wig - if I go bald expect a vast array of wigs (if I can afford them), I'm totally looking forward to buying the afro one I have imagined. Look out world!

5. The recital of radiotherapy - I have nothing to say about this one. It is what it is for three and a half weeks.

6. The chronicle of ten years of daily medication - no I haven't made a typo. Ten years! I barely plan the next few weeks of my life, let alone the next ten years; but now I know it will involve medication. Yay me! Don't worry though, I won't be blogging every day for ten years - I don't expect anyone to stay with me for daily installments of "I took my tablets today".

So that's still to come. I bet you all can't wait - I know I can't!

In the meantime I want to tell you that on Monday I went back to work. And I hated it. Mainly because my boss (out of respect for my confidentiality, which I completely understand) didn't tell anyone that I was off due to having cancer. This in turn meant that the lovely, unknowing people that I work with had absolutely no idea; so when I mentioned things like my upcoming chemo I wasn't expecting to see so many shocked faces. Having to explain that you have cancer a lot of times to a lot of people in one day is truly exhausting. So yay to normal life, boo to discussing cancer at least ten times a shift. I'm back in again tomorrow with different colleagues so I've got to do it all over again. Wish me luck. Also, side note, if anyone is reading this who is rich, I'm more than happy for you to sponsor me so that I don't have to return to work until this is all over - by over I mean the end of radiotherapy, I don't expect ten years worth of sponsoring. Although if you're offering, I'm not one to turn that down.

Finally, I can't end this without saying a big hello to anyone who is reading this because I put it on Facebook or due to my very talented brother's shout-out on his You Tube channel. If you are also one of those amazing people who liked or commented on my original Facebook post last week then a HUGE thank you to you. I was terrified about announcing I had cancer and appearing super "needy"; everyone who liked/commented/messaged is a superstar and I am incredibly grateful. Even if you didn't do that, even if you simply read it and thought "that's pretty good that she's doing that" then you too qualify as a superstar. So thank you.

Stay tuned for the next installment!

Love, Meg xx

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