@Unex welcome to the thread. Sorry you hear you qualify to join us here; that's something nobody wants.
Please don't get rid of your motorbike!!! That could be something great to think about and look forward to as you progress through treatment. You might be up to using it during treatment too, some people even carry on not too differently to before ( not me but there are people!)
About finances, someone already mentioned ESA and I also think that's worth applying for if it matches your situation. I get the contribution-based version which is for after sick pay runs out, or is instead if the employer doesn't pay any. People need to have paid in 2 years of NI in the previous 2 years (could be 3 previous years, not sure) to qualify. Chemo and/ or radiotherapy patients are put into the 'support group' and receive £259 every 2 weeks, unlimited how long for. They don't take your savings or family income into account.
I don't know about the income-based ESA, that is different. As @Silkiebunny mentioned, some cancer patients apply for PIP too, and I know someone who got that for breast cancer. I haven't applied so can't advise on it though.
@Slitheringheights welcome to the thread. It's horrible isn't it, to be joining a cancer patients' thread. It is at least a really, really friendly and supportive group of people.
Good to hear surgery went well, and also that the lymph nodes weren't affected by the cancer - those are very important and encouraging things I think.
Starting on chemo is terrifying, no wonder you feel so knocked by it all. And apart from that, the diagnosis will have been a massive shock, then surgery was a major event for your body to take and recover from.
My first chemo cycle was the scariest. Once you start at least you know sort of how it works, you get to know the routine, the rooms, procedure, the kind chemo nurses and the place becomes familiar rather than totally alien. A chemo unit is never somewhere you'd choose to visit, obviously, but it becomes less unknown is sort of what I mean. I went to the chemo unit every 1, 2 or 3 weeks for well over a year, so I got to know the nurses and receptionists well, and I can say some of them are amongst the kindest people I've ever met.
Is there anything in your hospital like a Maggie's centre, or a MacMillan centre or something? There isn't anything at my hospital, but I discovered one at a different hospital after some months of treatment. I wish I'd known sooner because it helped so much having somewhere to have a cuppa and the chance to chat with others who were also going through similar things.