MRI scan results

I would be lying if I said I wasn't just a bit nervous this morning as we drove up to the hospital. Hubby had been mentioning these gnawing feelings he had in his lower stomach and I detected that he was thinking that it was the tumours growing again. He's only just finished the 3 cycles of chemo - they couldn't be growing again that soon, could they? I've kind of learnt to 'read' the doctor/consultant's disposition. You can tell when there is something bad about to come out of their mouths. We met the Oncologist and I knew immediately that everything was ok. He first of all remarked on how well hubby looked and agreed that he had indeed 'sailed' through the chemo. He showed us the before and after scanned images and whilst there has not been a miracle, the tumours are indeed smaller. Also, the lymph node that had looked 'suspicious' was now looking 'normal'. He said that the operation to remove the bladder had to happen within 6 weeks of having the last chemo. That's a bit of a laugh really as we can't even get an preliminary appointment with the Surgeon who would be operating before Oct 2nd! We had a long discussion about this with the Oncologist - I think the problem lies in the middle of the bit of Irish Sea that separates us from UK and someone somewhere needs to get this sorted. Hubby is young enough and computer literate enough and bullish enough to bombard them (NHS) with emails, text messages, and phone messages but there are others out there who would not be able to do this and they will fall between the cracks. So the next step is to travel to Liverpool on Sep 11th and meet a urologist - not sure why, perhaps he is standing in for the surgeon and maybe they will do all the pre-op cardiac tests.... We decided that it might not be a bad idea to get a bit of sun into our bones. All our holiday plans were cancelled when hubby was diagnosed in April - the consultant was right when he said we had to write off the summer. So 10 days of R&R, a zillion miles from the doom and gloom, is what's in store and I can't wait! Hasta lluego! T X