This message is something important for everyone to be aware of please and is not intended to offend.

When we first get home I will not be having lot of contact with the outside world. I will be taking things very slowly and cautiously with my brand new immune system. I can NOT afford to let any bugs, germs or illness get near me. Due to the chemo knocking out my immune system I will be very susceptible to infection and will be on medications for the first 6 months to try to stay healthy and to combat anything that comes my way. The slightest infection can knock me for six so this is a risk that we are not willing to take given what we have just been through!

Please give us space, but phone calls etc are perfect and will be expected lol! Please do NOT send any flowers as these contain bacteria and fungi etc I can not have near me.

When we are up for visitors please don’t be offended if you are given a mask and hand sanitiser on entrance to our home and shoes left at the door. And I hope it goes without saying, but please please please refrain from visiting if you or anyone in your family is under the weather even in the slightest!

Most importantly I will get back to being able to have visitors or go out but only when my levels are safe enough for me to do so. These will be monitored closely on return for the first year. Please bare with us! It is going to be difficult especially with the kids etc and I will be off nappy duties (awesome!) and will become and OCD germaphob and Joe will be quite strict from what I can see even now!

One last point I would like to make is regarding vacinations, I can not be vacinated until at least 12 months out so if you or your children are not vacinated please stay away. I am talking about the standard vacinations and if you haven’t had extras like the flu jab and whooping cough, perhaps you might want to think about it. It is important for the immune compromised like myself and babies who get protection from heard immunity until we can be vacinated ourselves.

Thank you for your understanding, this is all part of the long recovery process ahead for me. XX