iThemba Walk Against Breast cancer

Pictures:Bobbies and my sister Liezel; Bobbies with the t-shirt; Little James doing his bit for breast cancer at 19 months;everybody walking the 5km walk (with apparently about 9993 other people); family pic (James, Mom, Karien, James Jnr., Dad and Liezel);

Well done to my nearest and dearest whom completed the iThemba Walk Against Breast Cancer last Sunday. Five kilometers of fun in the sun! I am very proud of all of you, especially little James that did his bit at the tender age of 19 months!

There are a lot of great organisations that are doing fantastic work to raise funds for various purposes like research or helping with the cost of breast reconstruction. Here in the UK Macmillan is such an organisation. They have a big office at the Harley Street Clinic where I received my chemotherapy. One of the services is a "Look good, feel better" afternoon for woman going through chemo or radiotherapy. (They have the same thing in SA). I am attending my session next week Wednesday and is very excited! They will teach me how to (finally!) apply make-up properly!

I had an appointment with my breast specialist yesterday and everything is set for the operation for 14 November. Beforehand I need to go for some blood tests, a CT scan and x-rays. My oncologist is very impressed with the surgeon and said to me "that his work is very good - every breast is a piece of art!" - we'll see how my piece of art turns out...

But for now we are getting ready for Hugo's photo-day at school tomorrow, our holiday and the arrival of Oupa and Ouma Kotzee - All very exciting stuff!