Dear Macland buddies
After the euphoria of the chemo stabilising things last year, it was a real blow to discover that effects only lasted whilst the chemo was in my system and come end of January (2011) the tumours on the liver started growing again. A week in the Royal Marsden - Fulham Road (despite living within 5 minutes of Sutton) confirmed the diagnosis and I've started on a new chemo, Doxorubicin which we are…
Greetings my macland buddies.
I try to post good news news to give people a boost and show that there is hope out there in macland. The last blog just over a month ago was to celebrate my 12 months in remission.
Well my friends a lot can happen in a month. Last week I had an emergency resection of the small intestine following a couple of weeks of internal bleeding. The abdominal CT scan showed mets on the small intestine…
I've finally cracked it - twelve months without evidence of disease, yippeeeeeee ! ! !
In 2008, whilst the Chelsea Flower Show was on, I was in hospital opposite the park, then in 2009 I was back in hospital, looking out the window at the flower show. 2010 as the flower show approached I got just a bit nervous, I even deferred my check-up by two weeks just so that the show was over before I saw the professor. The…
Dear friends
Quick update for you. I had my three-monthly check last week and all looking good. He said there was cause for "cautious optimism".
I would have had a celebration but I'm just getting over a rotten snotty cold - but fear not good friends, Thursday evening is the office girlie Christmas party, and there will be much rejoicing . . . . . . . and not much happening Friday!
Once I get past a…
