2010 what a year that was going to be. I gave up my much loved job in February 2010. In April Chris and I went to stay in a family members place in Nerja, Southern Spain. We drove to Gatwick, parked our car then flew out with Easy Jet to Malaga airport. We had a wonderful time....then the Thursday brought the most unexpected news. "A Volcano in Iceland has erupted and a lot of flights are being grounded because of the ash cloud. We were due to fly back on the Saturday. Each day we went down to the intenet cafe to check latest details with easy jet. We met many of the same people each day. When it came to the point where we would have to make other arrangements to get home we queued outside the tiny little travel agents in Nerja. Stood behind us was a lovely family in the same predicament as us and we got chatting. We managed to get a bus ticket from Malaga all the way to London Victoria. The following Wednesday we turned up at Malagas bus station and it was complete mayhem. People waving tickets trying to find where their bus was. We bumped into the same family who we had met days earlier. Chris told me to get on the bus whilst he put the cases in the back. I edged onto the bus to discover the people in front of me were saying there are no more seats go back but i couldnt move because there were more people trying to get on behind me. At that point I could hear screaming, then I realised it was me...I was having a full blown panic attack. It cleared the bus anyway. I got off the bus and sat on the floor shaking and crying and tired. Chris then found the bus for us and Jonathan and his family got on the same bus and we had the most memorable journey back to London. They sat behind us and were wonderful com[any.
In May 2010 Chris and I went to our favourite hotel in Cala Bona, Mallorca and had a wonderful week. Then in June I went on my biggest adventure of all time. Chris took me up to Heathrow Airport and I flew the 9.5 hour flight to Vancouver, Canada to stay a whole month with my youngest Sister Serena and Nephew Noah who had emigrated there earlier in the year. I loved the Canadian way of life and had an amazing time. Whilst I was there I noticed a small hard lump on my reconstructed boob. First of all I thought it was some sort of insect bite. I even went as far to blame Serenas poor dog saying it was flea bite.
When I got back I mentioned it to my Lymphoedema nurse as my left arm was quite swollen. She suggested I see my consultant as it might be causing the Lymphoedema. My Consultant said in the November that he would remove it under general anaesthetic so he could see what was going on underneath. He didnt expect anything sinister and said he would ring me with the results. The day he was due to ring me his secretary phoned me saying that the consultant needed to see me that day. I thought oh blow knowing my luck something has laid its eggs or something.
We sat in his room and thats when the blow came....."I'm so sorry but it wasnt an insect bite but cancer" He then sent me for a CT scan and a bone scan. The evening of the bone scan at 6.30pm my consultant phoned me and said "I'm sorry to have to tell you over the phone but you have significant disease in your hips, a tumour at the base of spine and also at the top. you also have a spot on your lung. you will need an urgent x-ray tomorrow as i think you will need surgery to strengthen your left leg." A couple of my friends happened to be with me who I had grown close to through us all having breast cancer. They just held me and wept with me.
The following day I had the x-ray and to my delight it didnt need an urgent operation so I praised God and looked forward to Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas.
Heritage Park, Mission, 1/07/10
In May 2010 Chris and I went to our favourite hotel in Cala Bona, Mallorca and had a wonderful week. Then in June I went on my biggest adventure of all time. Chris took me up to Heathrow Airport and I flew the 9.5 hour flight to Vancouver, Canada to stay a whole month with my youngest Sister Serena and Nephew Noah who had emigrated there earlier in the year. I loved the Canadian way of life and had an amazing time. Whilst I was there I noticed a small hard lump on my reconstructed boob. First of all I thought it was some sort of insect bite. I even went as far to blame Serenas poor dog saying it was flea bite.
When I got back I mentioned it to my Lymphoedema nurse as my left arm was quite swollen. She suggested I see my consultant as it might be causing the Lymphoedema. My Consultant said in the November that he would remove it under general anaesthetic so he could see what was going on underneath. He didnt expect anything sinister and said he would ring me with the results. The day he was due to ring me his secretary phoned me saying that the consultant needed to see me that day. I thought oh blow knowing my luck something has laid its eggs or something.
We sat in his room and thats when the blow came....."I'm so sorry but it wasnt an insect bite but cancer" He then sent me for a CT scan and a bone scan. The evening of the bone scan at 6.30pm my consultant phoned me and said "I'm sorry to have to tell you over the phone but you have significant disease in your hips, a tumour at the base of spine and also at the top. you also have a spot on your lung. you will need an urgent x-ray tomorrow as i think you will need surgery to strengthen your left leg." A couple of my friends happened to be with me who I had grown close to through us all having breast cancer. They just held me and wept with me.
The following day I had the x-ray and to my delight it didnt need an urgent operation so I praised God and looked forward to Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas.
Heritage Park, Mission, 1/07/10
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