Good news today at J's scan results appointment. There has been significant reduction in the size of all of his tumours. Some in the chest and neck have just about gone. The one in his abdomen is still the biggest but it has reduced appropriately in size. There are no new areas of the disease. His back is the same, but the consultant said that was to be expected because the disease can leave abnormalities...
...If…
J is halfway through his chemo now (we hope) and starts his 4th of 6 cycles on Wednesday. But before that we are going to see the consultant to find out how he got on in his CT scan.
I keep telling people it should be fine - his lump on his neck has gone, his skin rash has gone and his back pain has gone, they all have to be a good signs. But I'm still scared and I know he is too. He hasn't been very well this cycle…
Writing this in a mental rage with my stupid husband. He took our son to football practice this morning whilst i went on a dog walk with our other son. i came back home to 15 missed calls and knew immediately there was something up. And yes there is. He took it upon himself to go in goals this morning, despite all the other parents and coach telling him not to and he has gone and broken or dislocated his little finger…
It's 7pm on a Friday evening. Whilst the rest of the country are out having a drink or relaxing at home, things continue apace in planet cancer. John is right now up at the hospital having a CT scan. He isn't bothered about the weird timing as he would quite like to have some results for the start of his next cycle. He wants to know if it is working. He is convinced that it is working.
I feel very weird and skittish…
When John started round two BEACOPP on Wednesday he brought home his little pack of drugs as normal. Only this time there were some differences:-
1. One pack of tablets he'd had last time wasn't there.
2. There was a new pack of different tablets.
3. The injections he was expecting were there but had someone else's name on them.
He duly took them back on Thursday and had a very apologetic nurse about the…
