Jenamireal

It’s been a long time since i’ve posted and I was planning on waiting until my birthday in a few days to start all over again but today we received some tragic news regarding my favourite boss.

Let’s call him Tommy.. well that is his name so that makes sense.. a few weeks ago Tom broke the news he wasn’t well.. he said he might have cancer in one of his kidneys and maybe liver, after further tests he was told it may be in the kidney, liver, pancreas and spleen. After a biopsy he was was told it is only in his kidney and should be treatable by chemo with at least 3 months off work. Finally it seemed there was some good news in a bad situation. His time off has just started and we were looking forward to seeing him in 3 months time! We were called together this morning so one of the Directors could provide us with an update after Tom visited the Oncologist last Thursday.

The update was that Tom was not coming back in 3 months, he would not be coming back at all. The cancer is terminal. He has a 1 in 8 chance of surviving the chemo but even then this will only prolong his life for a little bit longer. We don’t know how long he has, we only know how quickly he has deteriorated in a few weeks from the strong, fit, cheeky, smart arse boss that used to kick me behind my knee, flick rubber bands at me and tell me to get stuffed when I walked in his office to someone not so healthy, with no interest in eating yet he can still crack a joke or two.

It makes me angry, it makes me sad and it makes me think about my own life.. I know how I am feeling having worked with him for 4 years, I can’t imagine how his family are feeling. I left the company for 7 months and I only returned when I found out it was him I was working for. He is the best boss to work for and I hope he goes on to fight what will be the hardest battle of his life.