Yesterday Julie told me cancerous cells had been found in her lymph nodes in her neck.
We have no idea if it is a primary cancer there or a secondary cancer that has originated from somewhere else. She will be having a CT scan on Thursday and will have results on Friday.
A month ago, my friend Rhydd's partner Jeanette had a mastectomy but was then told her cancer had spread to her lymph nodes around her lung. This is treatable but not curable and she has just started a six month course of chemotherapy.
Jeanette's friend Karen is shaving off her own hair in support for Jeanette. Last Friday I was talking to Rhydd about how brave I thought Karen was and he asked me if I would ever do the same. I replied that I would like to think I would but wasn't sure if hand on heart, I could. Then Julie told me she had cancer for the second time and I remembered my conversation about the head shaving.
Then I remembered that I have a fat face with a double chin and a never ending forehead, and as I tend to use my hair to cover said features, I went into a blind panic. 'I'll do it if Beth does!', I exclaimed. 'I'll do it!' Beth nobly replied. Really????? Shit, I thought. '
Have you thought about running?' Rhydd said, obviously seeing the sheer panic on my face. HaHaHa, the whole of Amber 4 just dissolved into raucous laughter.
I'll show them.
'Thats a good idea' I said ,'but lets make it interesting, there's a 10k run in Swansea in September, PLENTY of time to get prepared...and I'll do it if Beth does it, and we will RUN the whole way round!!'
YAY
. Much of the day was then taken up with great plans of fancy dress, sponsership, facebook pages and as I'm not starting it today, it really wont hurt to have a bacon butty for my snack.
Oh and Ang and Sharon are joining us. It will be FAB. And I've told EVERYONE so I cant back out...
.how hard can it really be?
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