Day One Hundred & Forty Eight

We took a long walk through the New Forest yesterday afternoon & Dave took the opportunity to shoot some deer (with his camera rather than a shotgun!). We eventually managed to find our way back to where the car was parked after a couple of hours walk! It was amazing to see so many deer, wild ponies, gorse-lands & incredible tall trees.

Back to reality this morning and Dave went back to work & I headed to London to see the surgeon. He was very thorough and talked through the surgery and all potential outcomes. Their plan is to remove the tumour and some of the healthy tissue surrounding it as well as the main lymph node under my arm which they will test there and then.

They may need to remove several or all my lymph nodes, depending on what they find. Best case scenario they will keep me in for one night following surgery but if they have to remove all lymph nodes,they will keep me in for up to 5 days. There is a small chance that I may need follow up surgery two weeks later, depending on test results once they examine the tumour in the lab.

Now that there's only a few days to go, it all seems very real and a bit daunting but I'm confident that I am in the best possible hands - not just with the top class surgeon and medical staff but ultimately I'm in Gods hands and he has looked after me very well up to now :)