One year since my mum's op

I haven't been on for a long time but this forum and all the lovely people on it was a godsend when my mum was first diagnosed and going through treatment.

I know people sometime disappear form forums and I used to wonder why and hope they were ok, but I now know that very often it's because things are going great and they are not thinking about cancer every day any more.

I just realised it has been one year since my mum's op. In some ways it seems like yesterday that I was having sleepless nights and relying on the forum yet in others ways it seems like so much has passed since then. 

I know the 'one year' mark is usually post-treatment, and because she had chemo and radio that won;t be till March. But since they were adjuvant and they said after the op that they were happy they had removed it all I am going to allow myself a tiny celebration and cheat a bit and call it one year cancer free.

It's such a time of worry but it's true that the worry - while never 100% gone - does lift, gradually, until one day you suddenly notice I doesn't rule your life any more

Thanks to all and sorry I haven't been on in while.