Went for MRI Monday morning. Was struggling to get there as shoulder and neck were killing me and even the oramorph wasn’t helping. Anyway got a pretty thorough scan of my spine.
Went to Clinic yesterday (Wed) and was struggling again and had to ask for somewhere to lie down as that is the only way to get rid of the pain.
Saw my oncologist who said that there are 2 trapped nerves (between vertebrae) at the top of my spine and that they were planning radiotherapy and also thinking about it for my head. But since I was getting worse and unable to control it she went off to speak to radiotherapy people and they came straight to see me.
They also offerd me a bed so that they could concentrate on controlling the pain but I declined. If I can't control it myself they said to ring and they will admit me.
The result is I started radiotherapy yesterday and will get five sessions on my head and neck. (T,F,M,T,W). They also gave me some high dose steroids for my neck/shoulder pain and they have already made a big difference. See oncologist again next Wednesday and we’ll discuss more chemo then.
Can’t complain about the speed they work at or the attention they’re giving me. (Freeman Hospital)
Mo - I was gouing to ask about WBR but they beat me to it :)
PS will definitely lose hair now.
Steve
