Ok so it is time to let the cat out of the bag. This blog has been silent for some weeks and I have missed not visiting my own site.

These past three weeks have been rather difficult. It all started a couple of months ago when I discovered a lump in my breast. But being the person that I am, I tried to ignore it, thinking that it will go away. But it didn’t. It was always at the back of my mind so a month ago I made an appointment with my GP to have a look at it.

Well to cut a long story short, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After the initial shock, I was booked in for an op in Mater Dei the following week. Alot has been written about this hospital and alot has been said for or against the people who work there, but I must say that my short experience in S3 was very comfortable, and everyone made a big fuss of me. The nurses are the most dedicated I have ever met, the docs (apart from being good lookers….sigh!)  were also the most helpful and they did a brilliant job. The people of the Breast Care clinic were really really great and even helped me come to terms with the worst scenario. Shirley is the woman. She is brilliant. She held my hand, watched me cry and heard my rants and raves against this horrid horrid world. After that I felt much better.

The op went well, and just to put everyone’s mind at rest, my cleavage is still there….tee hee. Now I need to face Chimo, radio therapy and pills. It is not going to be an easy journey, but those who know me keep telling me that I will bounce back. I have already returned to work for a couple of days, but will be going for some well deserved R&R to Gozo end of this week.

When something horrid as this happens to you, you realise who your real friends are. I have had some ’so called friends’ disappear on the horizon, without even a by your leave. I wonder if its because they cannot handle it or what….. But on the whole all my ‘real’ friends rallied around me, and I have found huge support from them.

As I said in the previous blog, this is not a goodbye. I will not be around as often as I would like, but I will keep you posted on my long road to recovery.