THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY FARTS

So I did it.

I made it to 40.

When I found that bastard lump in my right breast 3 years ago I honestly thought I wouldn't get to this milestone.

People have joked about me getting old but 40 is young. It's stupidly young....I have lots of living still to do.

Twitter and Facebook have left me feeling totally overwhelmed today. So many lovely and funny messages not to mention the many, many photos of Simon Le Bon. GOD I LOVE THAT MAN!! 

I wish I could reply to you all instantly but there are too many. I promise to get round to you at some stage. 

I want to thank you all so, so much though. Firstly for just putting up with my utter nonsense and moaning but also for keeping me company during the lonely hours. You don't know just how much you all mean to me and what you have helped me get through.

I want to thank my kids as well. Kathryn, Emily and George. They have gone through this crap with me and are totally amazing. Each one of them struggling but keeping it together. We are a team and I am so very proud of all of them. They are my reason for being. They make me laugh every single day. 

I also want to thank my wonderful, amazing boyfriend Bill or @Chap_Of_Steel as some of you may know him as. He is the reason that all my days are just that little bit brighter now. I have a future to look forward to. He makes me extremely happy and I can't imagine my life without him in it.

Although today is a MASSIVE celebration for me it's also an emotional day. Friends that I have made over the years who are no longer with us. Friends who have been told that the bullshit is back and have to go through all that treatment again and friends who just aren't going to get better. My thoughts are with them. If I had a magic wand I would use it.

Please check your breasts on a regular basis. I want you all to be safe and well. 

I'm going to celebrate the rest of my day now by getting suitably pissed and totally emotional.

I am 40.

I am young.

I flipping did it!! 

Peace, love and chocolate birthday cake xxx