..back on 17th may 2005 that i wasn't going to die from cancer in my thirties , and that it would take more than cancer to deprive me of the chance to see my baby boy grow into a man .
it has taken alot longer than i anticipated ( 3 seperate diagnosis of stage three hodgkin lymphomas and five upper spine tumours of which four were cancerous ) but yesterday i was finally given the all clear .
when my haematology doc told me the news , i jumped up into the air , grabbed him , tossed him into the air and gave him a hug and a kiss , lol . he looked abit shocked but i didn't give a fuck .
i can't describe the feeling , if you've been through a similar experience then you'd understand . i suppose a similar feeling would be to win the lottery jackpot ?
i've had to go to hell and back to reach my goal , involving over twenty types of high dosage chemotherapy , two high risk donor stem cell transplants and numerous platelet/blood transfusions and lymphnode biopsies .
unfortunately , they say that one in three people will be affected by cancer . my one piece of advice to anyone unfortunate enough to be diagnosed with cancer is this ;
as long as the doctors offer you treatment and a chance of survival you must stay positive . being diagnosed with cancer doesn't mean a definate death sentence . i'm living proof of that .
last year when i had my last stem cell transplant/chemotherapy , i was told i had a 60% chance of surviving the transplant and a 30% chance of surviving the first year post transplant .to me statistics mean nothing . even if they only gave me a 10% chance it's still a chance . it's when they pull the rope up and tell you it's terminal , then you have to deal with it differently .
i've still got a few issues regarding the side affects of the transplants and all the chemotherapy i've had over the years , for which i'm currently being treated for at a different hospital , but these medical problems aren't going to kill me , so i deal with these accordingly .
to finish off , i'd like to thank everyone on bluemoon who have followed my plight over the years and gave me plenty of encouragement , and obviously the fund raising which has been a great help to me and my family . it has helped in keeping some form of normality in my family life . more so than you could ever imagine . to which i will be eternally grateful .
the sun is shining , the birds are singing , there's a smell of flowers in the air , i've just opened my second bottle of SOL and there's a garden chair with my name on it .
happy days
big stuey x
