Had my appointment with my doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital this morning and they gave me the all clear. Blood work is good and the lymph nodes they removed in May were not cancerous but dead tissue.
To say I am relieved is an understatement. These last 6 months have certainly tested my mettle but I am still glad for the experience. For much of my life I have been unable to see the forest for the trees and now the orchard is in full bloom and much clearer.
I am recovering very well from my surgery. The first three weeks or so were difficult, however once I managed to drop the pain killers it became a lot easier. The scar is healing and looking not too bad. They sewed me up with dissolving stitches instead of staples so it is as ecstatically pleasing as it could ever be.
So this will be it for now. I will have follow up appointments every three months for the next little while and if there is no news there will be no blog. It has been a wonderful positive experience that I will not soon forget.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family and all my friends for their ongoing and continued support. Your Facebook messages and emails were a constant source of inspiration during those dark days when putting on a brave face was not quite possible. Its hard to be positive all the time and there were a few periods when it was just what I needed to motivate me to get out of bed and start again.
Take care and get tested.
Livestrong!!
Tom x!
