Cancer Diary - Part 13

[dyllanne]

Day 18 after the operation was my follow up appointment with Mr Romics at the clinic. He got caught in traffic so I ended up seeing Miss Reid and she was just reading from my notes. She said that there was no cancer in the sample from the operation. There was evidence of pre-cancer, but as that was now removed there was no need for further treatment. So I was confused by this. There is going to be no radiotherapy and no tamoxifen. Mr Romics phoned me later to explain a bit further and reassure me that all the best pathologists in the country had looked at this and the MDT had discussed it and they all agreed that there was no need for further treatment. This was of course good news, but having come to terms with a cancer diagnosis, to now be declared cancer free was a bit hard to process. The next thing that will happen in a mammogram in a year and for the next five years at the New Vic, but that will be all.

People have been telling me well done, but it wasn’t anything I did. I wasn’t exactly fighting or battling it in any active sense. I’ve got lucky. This is not an achievement I’ve worked for. Some people have said I should be celebrating, but as I'm actually still recovering from the operation and I feel that I've had the rug pulled from under me again, I don't really feel like celebrating. I feel like I’m still processing.

The next appointment for 25th Sept 2019 came in so this might be the last blog entry on this topic till then.