It has not been the best of years for many peopleI know, but in a few hours it will be over and 2026 will begin, a year I hope will be a little kinder to us all.
I thought I’d round us off with a recap, because all the ups snd downs make the story a bit hard to follow sometimes.
July: I broke my finger, and it was initially assessed as a simple break that would self heal. I started physio.
September: I had an ultrasound for the suspected need of a hysterectomy. My finger (still swollen and bruised and sore) was xrayed again and no healing had taken place. The hand surgeon was keen to operate but the results of the ultrasound took precedence and I got put on hold until after an MRI, CT and a visit to the gynaecologist. The gynaecologist was the first to mention cancer, but at this point we needed a biopsy to know for sure.
October: After several weeks of trying and failing to get a CT guided biopsy appointment my gynaecologist took a sample himself and got the confirmation that it was cancer and surgery would be required.
November: Major surgery on the 11th, followed by almost 2 weeks in hospital, then another 9 days back and forth to hospital emergency departments. The cancer is confirmed as a sarcoma, an aggressive type of cancer that is difficult to treat and generally terminal. Ballpark range is 3 to 18 months, and we won’t know where I sit in that range until we do more scans.
December: Finally starting to properly recover, if still low energy at times. An oncologist appointment on the 19th leading to great news that the latest CT scan shows no growth yet, so I don’t have the fastest growing type and I will be having another scan in March to see what has happened by then but in the meantime can carry on with life. Even better, I can now get my finger fixed.
I go back to work on the 8th just for two days. Then I have surgery on the 12th and am off work for 2-3 weeks to recover, back to the hand physio, and then back to work in February.
This is a brighter end to the year than I expected a fortnight ago. Here’s hoping things continue in this way.
Goodbye 2025. Happy new year, all!
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