Woohoo to boohoo!

Many thanks to all you praying people out there, and also to those positive thinking and well wishing people. Today was much better than anticipated and I definitely was peaceful throughout the whole process.
This morning involved a lot of poking and prodding by a doctor who, in the words of my mum, 'had a hand like a bull's foot'! She ended up having to take 3 biopsies, as apparently the needle didn't work properly!! And also had difficulty getting the clip into the tumour- 'oo dear I can't get this in, let me just try again'........ And all whilst feeling the anaesthetic hadn't quite taken yet. Followed by a mammogram which squashed into my wound site and was fairly traumatic!
However, mum did a great distraction technique and we were quite jolly despite the circumstances!
Then a quick lunch in Starbucks where we met up with Nigel, and went up for the chemo together. Apparently they don't normally allow two visitors in but we had 'mega amazing nurse' who put us in a private area as it had more room and less distractions, and even made us all a cup of tea! She was rather lovely and I managed to hand over my arm without a fight which was great.
They have changed my medication to try and reduce the nausea and vomiting, so hopefully this will make the next few days more bearable, but my liver function is still rather abnormal so will need close monitoring over the next few weeks.
I have also made the decision to ditch the hair today- we are going to do it as a family later tonight. I felt it was important for the kids to be part of the process, and I feel that choosing to shave it off gives me an element of control and is hopefully more bearable.