Thank you ladies

As a few of you already know, today was my last radiotherapy treatment for cancer of my gullet. I began my treatment in earnest on 2 October after the diagnosis in August and I have had four chemotherapy sessions, three months worth of chemotherapy tablets and 25 sessions of radiotherapy to target the affected area. I am fortunate that it was caught before it had spread anywhere else, so this treatment was designed to treat this as opposed to the usual route of invasive surgery to remove the oesophagus in its entirety. Not a nice operation.

I won't know whether the outcome of the treatment is wholly successful until the end of March when I have a CT Scan, if it is.. then they will monitor me closely with scans and endoscopies over the coming few years. If not then it will be Plan B- operation.

For now, I am putting this on the back boiler and am going to enjoy Christmas and the New Year and consign 2015 to the rubbish bin. I have some difficulties with tummy pain but nothing that paracetamol and gaviscon can't cure!

I'm not much for highlighting my own health problems as there are many more of us wth our own issues, but I genuinely wanted to say a very big thanks for the support and kindness I've received from so very many of you, including many ladies I have never met, and of course, from those I have too. I mean it when I say that it has helped me on some days just to get a funny text, or a card, or a bunch of flowers, or a PM. Cancer is such an isolating illness and I promise you that every kind word counts for so much.

So I know it's a bit early, but I wanted to wish each and every one of you a very Happy Christmas, and a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year xx

Thank you ladies