The results are in
So the waiting was finally over. In I go, with Tommy as always (you do get to know who your friends are through something like this, and there's no doubting that Tommy truly is my best friend).
The surgeon who operated on me is there and I think he may be smiling, yes he was. He checks me over and calmly gives me the results. Lymph nodes were clear, no lympho vascular involvement (that means spread into fine blood vesels around muscles) basically it looks like they got it all... I'm overjoyed. They don't use words like cured but I ask him. Is this the best news you could possibly give me, he smiles gently and says "Yes".
I leave the room crying again, but this time with joy. I do so love that surgeon and his team.
We go to thue pub we tell everyone the great news, life is wonderful. We get horribly drunk. People keep buying us wine, we can't be blamed.