grey lady I didn't even have those! Or at least any to speak of. 
Sending healing vibes to gigs, hope the surgeon sorts you out.
Also good wishes to marshy agree paniced and scared and in shock is entirely normal when faced with uncertainty. Aside from anything else that word Cancer is a source of terror. Consultants have to give you the worst scenario but hopefully what you are hearing about now will be reassuring, and if not, plenty of us on here have had nodes involved. You will be able to join our exclusive club 
the one no one wants to join, you can never leave, but we honestly can laugh and enjoy life, not to mention letching after orange men.
Speaking of letching did you see all that scandalised coverage of poor Sussannah (went for the putting in letters to cover all possibilities option there) Reid having a bit of a flirt with Alex Turner. Attractive 40 something flirts with sexy lead singer 
imagine the press coverage if us lot, scars, bits missing, bald and all, got our hands on the poor boy.....
ruby I hope they sort you out. I always had problems with anaemia caused by heavy periods so definitely a factor but it might actually be a good thing if some more vampiring can quickly make you feel better?
My friend found her bowel cancer too late for it to be treated, it had already spread extensively, but the sad thing was that they should have realised she was at risk of FAP, her grandmother had died of bowel cancer but aged 80 and her mother had died of Cancer aged 40 in the 70s but they had never identified the primary cancer, just put it down to stomach cancer. As much as anything it came down to stigma, when she tried to ask her father about her mothers symptoms, he wouldn't talk about it. It was a great comfort to her that her children would be closely watched and if caught early it is entirely curable which is why I am really pleased you caught it in time.
Re going forward I really changed my diet etc after Dx but actually there was nothing wrong with it before. I have gradually slipped back to a more relaxed regime and don't stress over a cheese sandwich, or drinking water out of the tap etc but at the time it really helped me feel I was doing something positive when all he doctors were offering was destructive. I still take some proven supplements though. Interestingly Dr Susan Love (THE book when I was dx) does say that the chances are that the factors which led to your tumour were laid down decades ago (if not birth) so there is probably little you can achieve by short term change, shutting the stable door etc. I just wish I knew how to shut the stable door for my girls. Both have the horrible periods that I had so probably have the hormone overload and I try to steer them to a good diet but you can lead a horse to water..... Homily corner here !!! Friends and I all have daughters (two were breastfeeding when dx) and it is a real worry but hopefully there will be a better prevention, treatments, vaccines down the line and we are heartened by the fact the doctors are realising that hormones are such a major factor and hormonal cancers do need to be treated differently.
I'm avoiding joining DH who is bent on some ravaging pruning in my garden. I am very afraid.....