I look at the 'Get Well' cards and flowers which have arrived during the past week.
I look at the computer screen, and register the steady stream of supportive emails.
Throughout the day I receive your concerned and caring 'phone calls.
Added to which there's the wonderfully generous and supportive friend who insists on taking me to the hospital appointments and bringing me home again.
'Thank you' is a totally inadequate response.
So, in return for your kindness, may I share some good news?
You'll remember that I was going to The Royal Marsden this week to learn the results of last week's scans.
The results? Apart from the lump in my breast that had already been diagnosed, they all proved negative.Not only that, it was confirmed that I can go to The Royal Marsden next Thursday morning for the lump to be removed, and return home in the early evening into the care of my therapy cat.
So much to be grateful for.
And let me repeat my appreciation of the wonderfully helpful and efficient staff at the hospital.Individually and collectively they once again did all they could to ensure that I was fully in the picture, to put my mind at rest, and to give me confidence in the operation and its outcome.
I've returned home with helpful literature, a personal contact who will be there to advise me, and an emergency 'phone number should it ever be needed,Thank you, thank you . . . all of you.
It's almost worth the discovery of a cancerous lump to simultaneously discover the supportive kindness and generosity of one's friends, and the wonderful care offered by the NHS.
Think of me, please, on Thursday . . . I know you will.
