Facing the future: Together

  • That's August Done With.

    This month has gone so fast, I turn around and we are just dropping into September, thing have for the most part turned in to a new kind of normality, Tuesday bloods, Tuesday afternoon phone call from Oncologist, Friday Chemo, Weekend of feeling rough and back on his feet again Monday, refusing to be held down for long. Then a week off.. before it all starts again!

    The weight continues to be very well maintained, Dal…

  • September and Early October

    Hi Everyone,

    I didn't do an end of September blog because Dal and I have been waiting on the latest scan and subsequent results which we got yesterday afternoon. But before I go into the results, let me give you an overview of what has been going on during September.

    Dal, continues to receive his treatment fortnightly, 336mg Trastuzumab at the hospital after the Ondansetron 8mg anti sickness medication, then 5,200mg…

  • Things continue to be positive

    Hi Again

    You may remember in October that we had some great news regarding the rewards of the treatment that Dal has been on. We are still reeling from these great results, but we are also back to just waiting on the next update. I find that quiet difficult personally!

    Nose Bleeds - this had been one of the side effects that Dal had been experiencing, they started out of the blue and seem to have stopped just as quickly…

  • Heading in to the New Year

    Treatment continues, every two weeks and Dal continues to react positively, there are always little things to mention, like the numbness of his hands and feet, the feeling of cold in these areas even when he is quite warm, and the few irregular nose bleeds. Other things also like, Dal's hair continuing to grow, his ability to eat solids most of the time with very few problems, but he has a few glitches which catch him…

  • Oncology update Treatment to continue

    We have had to wait a while to hear from the Oncologist and to get information on the scan which Dal had last week and today we were advised:

    Everything is stable, the gullet tumour has remained the same, the liver has a very small lesion, the lymph nodes are also stable and nothing really was mentioned about the lungs. The bloods, taken today, have nothing negative to report and it all looks positive in so far as, things…