This week I am celebrating 2 'anniversaries'. One is good and one is not so. It was a year ago yesterday that I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and so far so good apart from the last 2 weeks feeling dreadfully tired. I have scans and an oncology appointment coming up at the beginning of August so unless it becomes unbearable I will wait until then to see if its anything sinister. Also 5 years ago today I met the lovely man who is now my husband. I was living in Haverhill (of all places :-s) at the time and a friend and I went on a night ot into town on a Friday which we didnt normally do. We went into a Wetherspoons pub for the cheap drinks as we always did before heading the The Bell...a pub come club if you could call it that!! Anyway we sat at our table and there were a group of lads behind us, some we knew and some new faces. We didnt really speak to any of them. Then we moved on to The bell and as soon as we walked through the door and headed to the bar Dan came over and started chatting to me. What was my name? How old was I etc etc? He seemed very confidant and lovely. We had a few drinks together and a dance as the night went on. I even dared him to go and take his boxers off which he did. We never found out what happened to them!!!lol. Well it started to get quite late and I was feeling rather drunk and my friend was getting on really well with Dans friend Dave so I decided to leave. Well I got home and went straight to sleep but when I woke up in the morning I had about 40 missed calls on my mobile. He had told my friend he really liked me so she gave him my number. Well in the sober light of day I wasnt too sure about him as I had the 3 children and George was just a baby and I didnt think a guy like him would be up for all the hassle. And I had just got out of a long, violent relationship and still had problems with my ex. Well I decided to ring Dan and see if he wanted to go for a drink the following week which we did and despite some reservations at first I realised what a thoroughly decent, caring person he was and we have been together ever since. It turned out that he was sitting right behind me in the Wetherspoons pub and we could have so easily passed each other by. I can't say I loved him in the beginning but now I can honestly say I love him truly with all my heart. He has stuck by me and my children through my cancer journey when he could have easily walked away. He is one in a million and I will always cherish this day as it was one of the best days of my life!!
