And the show hits the road!

Today Andries and I had an appointment with Mr Robert Carpenter, the breast surgeon and Dr Alison Jones, the oncologist. We felt very grand - both rooms are on the upper West End of London.

D-Day will be on the 1st of July. I will be sitting in for eight sessions of chemo (four sessions of AC and four sessions of AC-T chemo). They also want me to try the "scalp cooling" sack with the first session. This apparently helps to keep you hair in tact for a little while longer. Surgery will take place afterwards. Most woman react very well to the drugs and do not feel particularly ill. And they have pills for every condition to make you as comfortable as possible. I will also be receiving G-CSF. This is a haematopoietic growth factor. It stimulates the bone marrow to produce more white blood cells. By taking this drug I will be able to get chemo every two weeks.

The clinic is very nice. A lot of woman come here every week for chemo treatment and they really try and make it as comfortable as possible. I will also be working with Elizabeth, a breast care nurse. A lovely woman from Australia.

I am up for a free make-over session at some point in the treatment and will also be pampered during chemo-sessions. All sounds quite nice.....

We will be tackling the first chemo session with the help of our wonderful friends, Liezel and Francois (and their two beautiful daughters to keep Hugo and Ivan company - they don't mind at all.... ). Thereafter Ouma Ronel will be joining us for the next few.

We feel positive and confident. Please pray that I will stay healthy in between sessions and that things at home will be as normal as possible. Andries is truly an angel! Thanks my Engel, for all your love, support and understanding!!! I love you so much!!!

We are very excited to be moving into a bigger home around middle of July - with four bedrooms and a nice garden. Hugo even ordered a trampoline. Andries will have to start cutting grass again (or is that mowing the lawn?).

Tomorrow is my birthday and our friends Paul and Anlie will be here for my party! Well, a party of four... We are going to have a great weekend to get ourselves ready for Wednesday!