Pick yourself up.... Dust yourself off.... And go again

So yesterday I got the results of my masectomy operation and the fantastic news is there was no cancer in either of my boobs! And the best bit of this whole experience, ringing Amy and Sam to tell them the news, I will never forget that feeling. I’ve just got to have 5 days of radiotherapy as a belt and braces approach in a few weeks time but that’s it, I can start to look forward. And on that note I bombarded my consultant with a very important list of questions littered with I’m sorry.... I know these are silly but...... Can I go on holiday after my treatment has finished?  To which she said yes absolutely you need one.  My consultant said I need one so I’m taking that as a holiday is a necessity and that Boris will be happy with my rationalisation. I’m off in July, everything is booked and I cannot wait.  When can I go in my mums hot tub?  Should I continue with my sugar free diet?  And yes of course..... What about alcohol? To which she said my cancer was de...

Pre op weight 10 stone 7lbs Post op weight 10 stone 3lbs Weight of boob lost 4lbs I know you’re thinking what a strange way to start this blog but I also know many of my friends have asked me this and want to know the answer! You may wonder why, but when you have big boobs you naturally carry more weight and I can confirm girls with big boobs can definitely take them into account when they are dieting. For all my big boobed friends you can stuff your faces tonight and thank me later for this revelation.  In other news the op! Following a fraught week ahead of surgery where my bloods weren’t playing ball and they talked about cancelling, I was so relieved to finally be in hospital. I was very lucky at the same time as my mastectomy to be able to have a reduction of my other boob. My consultant asked another surgeon to work with her so that they could do both for me in the allotted surgery time. So they both took a boob each!  Waking up to a different body was strange. I now hav...