Are we sitting comfortably...

So here it is: my first blog entry. I swore I'd never do something like this but now I have a brain tumor and you all want to know so much about it I thought it'd be the best way to get information across. You can choose to dip in and out as you please.

Please don't expect anything too profound or poetic. This will quickly descend into reviews of day time telly.

Some of you already know I got the results of the biopsy earlier this week so they'll be some repetition here.

I have a brain tumor, and it is cancer. There's a fun sentence everyone hopes they never have to say, but the news could've been worse.

Tumors are graded from one to four. One being benign, four being your fudged. The biopsy results show I have a grade 2 tumor, which means it's treatable and I can make a full recovery.

So here's the plan. On March the 17th I'll be having another operation where some clever doctors will cut a hole in my head and take out as much of the tumor as they can without making me go wonky. By going wonky I mean the loss of memory, speech and the use of the right hand side of my body. And of course death. These are the risks, but I'm not too worried. They've been in before and they didn't break anything, so we should be OK. I could have some temporary weakness down my right-hand side due to swelling but that will pass and I could be out the following week!

Now because brain surgery's not rocket science they won't be able to remove the whole tumor. This will probably mean some radiotherapy and possibly chemotherapy after to kill off the rest of it. I'll have another scan six weeks after the op to see what's going on and fingers crossed it isn't growing. We'll go from there.

So we're in for a long wait until I get the infamous 'all clear' but at least I know what I've got to do, and I'm finally cashing in those National Insurance contributions. I think I may actually come out with a profit.

Still feeling fine and have had a haircut, so I don't look too stupid. Have a kick-ass scar on my head as well. Will soon be adding to that.

Thank you for all your messages of support over the last few weeks. They really have meant a lot, but they are becoming a little sickening so if we could stick to cash/cake related gifts that would be more preferable.

Nothing much will be happening before the op, so not sure how much this is gonna be updated. Will have some more ramblings I'm sure before I go in. So do check back in.

Love you all

J