I DID IT!!!! I BEAT CANCER, I WON!!!! Such a relief, and still taking time to sink in, but it feels fantastic!

But anyway, before I got my results back I met up with Lindsey and Danica from Perth to take them for some sightseeing around the Northern Irish coast. Had a pretty good day, though the weather sucked, especially if you were an Aussie girl visiting with no trousers. The wind at the coast was pretty strong and they were both pretty cold but hopefully they had fun anyway! Took them to the Bushmills Distillery, Giants Causeway (and told them the legend of Finn MacCool), Dunluce Castle, skipped the rope bridge and then headed into a few pubs and cafes around Portrush and Portstewart. It was a good laugh and great to see them again and hopefully I repaid their hospitality for me in Oz.

And now back to results day, Friday 9th July. Started as any normal day, yadda yadda yadda. Headed down to Belfast and had to wait ages outside the room before it was my turn, walked in and shook hands with the doctor who was the most deadpan and unexcitable person I had ever met. He was giving me good news, great news even, and sounded like he was ordering a chinese takeaway! But he said that the lymph node was only dead flesh, which was the best result as it meant the chemo had killed all the cancer in the first place, but had killed the lymph node too. I remember letting out a huge sigh and leaning back in the chair, putting my hands behind my head and waiting for what else he had to say. But that was it, he was just waiting for me to leave! He confirmed that that was it, it was all over and apart from check ups for the next 5 years, I was free! The whole meeting took less than a minute and I was back outside, head spinning and grinning like a loon!!

I had to sit in the car park and contact everyone and actually tell them good news for once!! Mum and dad were a bit speechless (but delighted!), as I expected really, and I had to text my sis as she was working and couldn't answer the phone. Then I headed into town for lunch with Sandi before heading off on possibly the longest drive ever to get home!

Went out that night for a few drinks to celebrate with Cod and his friend Steph, and met up with Joanne and some of her friends. A few drinks turned into going back to Michaela's house and playing on the Wii and drinking vodka until 6am! Felt pretty rough by Saturday and we have decided to leave on our Irish Roadtrip on Sunday, so loads of organising and packing to be done, which I cannot bear to face. But nearly 2 weeks travelling around Ireland with my sister, should be great craic, as long as we don't strangle each other!!