After such a anxious weekend waiting for results, I was finally woken by a call on Monday. It was a very anxious drive to the hospital to meet my oncologist and also there was a orthopaedic surgeon. X-rays showed my hips are on the verge of collapsing. I'm therefore being operated on tomorrow (Thursday). 2 metal rods will be pinned into either side of my hips. Hopefully this will reduce pain and improve my mobility. Safe to say I'm very nervous for tomorrow. After the op and after recovery I will be having radiotherapy (RT) to the hip bone. The RT will destroy the cancer in the bones. This will be every day for 4weeks.
Scan results also showed that the cancer has spread to 2 more lymph nodes. This is very disheartening and I'm finding it hard to come to terms with. I feel like I did when I was first diagnosed. The awful feeling of uncertainty. Prof Cross (my oncologist) is considering a number of different chemo regimes. I know I'm in the best hands and have full faith in him. Good news was the my head ct scans were clear, he thinks the headaches and dizziness is down to stress.
