The story so far.. June 2011

Had an excellent holiday with my friends. Unfortunately the weather was pretty bad the whole time on Islay. So we lasted about a week and then left, as camping in the rain with an infant isn't much fun. Islay was wonderful, was great to be back at the cave and roasting lamb in the earth oven again. I caught three fish! Robin was amazing on his first camping trip, took it all in his stride but caught a wee cold and that's primarily why we left. We went with Shaun and Emily to Tayvallich and stayed in a lovely little cottage for a while, ate lots of nice cheese and drank lots of nice wine. After that we drove to Skye and stayed in a cabin for a couple of days. We went swimming in the fairy pools in Skye which was one of the best things I have ever done!!

Followed by a couple of weeks at home feeling fine and being a proper mum :)

My friends from Lewis came to stay the night before I had to go into hospital for my operation which was great for taking my mind off it. The night I was in the hospital Mr Kirk came in and explained how he might just "open and close" and not be able to do anything. Or hr might be able to debulk it, but hopefully he'll be able to remove in completely, in which case he'll have to take my whole lung. I'm not sure why, but i'd convinced myself he was going to take it out and all we had to worry about was whether or not the margins were clear. So when he left I was upset and worried again.

The next morning everything happened really quickly and I woke up feeling like i'd been hit by a car. I asked if it was gone and the nurse said yes. I was really out of it and I vaguely remember hearing Davys voice. I told him I loved him, he said something about Robin and I smiled, then I threw up a few times and went back to sleep. Mr Kirk came in at some point and said he took all the visible tumour, my whole lung, my pleura and some of my diaphragm but that I got to keep all my ribs! He said he couldn't get the desired margin in two areas but the radiotherapy should take care of that - Once again, the best case scenario!

:)