Best Christmas present ever

I just received a call from my oncologist at Périgueux hospital a few minutes ago. She wanted to phone me before Christmas to tell me that the niggling complication that showed up on my two PETscans is now known not to be a problem at all but merely an internal scar from the original operation that I had to remove my gallbladder that is in the process of healing.

This means that although I still have a chemo planned for Tuesday and three more after that taking me into February, my health problems are effectively at an end. I feel that I have been given the best Christmas present ever, not something new but something that I might have lost for ever – the gift of my life back.

I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. I tried never to lose sight of the light at the end of the tunnel but I don’t feel at all the way that I thought I would if and when I was given the news that I’ve just received.

To be honest, I feel humbled by and grateful to the amazing people who have brought me through what has been the toughest time of my life. The team at Périgueux have been so caring and professional and things would have been so much more difficult, if not impossible, without the love and support of my friends and family both in the UK and here in France who have picked me up when I’ve been down and helped me through.

All I can say is ‘Thank You’ and ‘Bless You All’ to everyone.