(Nimue)
Those of you who regularly read the blog will be aware that over this last year, my partner has been dealing with cancer. At this point last year he was experiencing considerable pain, and getting that investigated. There was an initial operation in September last year, which established that he did have cancer, a second operation that didn't entirely remove it, and then radiotherapy from the start of January for six weeks. He handled the whole thing brilliantly, but it made for some very tough months.
Uncertainty is itself emotionally gruelling. In June there was a scan to see how things were going and at that point they couldn't confidently say. Healing takes an unpredictable amount of time, and the scanning method cannot differentiate between still healing and still having cancer. This is not an unusual thing for people to face after treatment, and we knew it was a possible outcome so weren't as thrown as we might have been. Even so, waiting has not been easy. We've both done our best to stay positive and hopeful – the odds were in his favour – but still, it's scary territory.
This week we had the happy news that the most recent scan showed Keith as cancer-free. Monitoring carries on from here for some years to come, but realistically the odds of it reoccurring are very low. It's a huge relief, obviously.
So many people go through far worse, we've been very lucky really. It's really demonstrated to me how important it is to do what you can, make the best of what you have, and not let fear stop you from enjoying whatever you can enjoy right now.
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