January 20th

Radiotherapy has finished now and we spent all of this week in London. Although the treatment only takes a few minutes, it's almost 2 hours travel each way to get to London so we decided to stay there for the week, especially as I find travelling uncomfortable.

I felt really well all week and the painkillers are really helping. I also have some additional morphine to take at night if & when I need it. But we really enjoyed our time in London and decided to use the time to do lots of touristy things. We went to museums, walked along the banks of the Thames, Leicester square, covent garden, had lunches / dinners and even went to 2 shows! We saw the Wizard of OZ on Tuesday and Wicked on Wednesday and both were amazing but I think the Wizard was our favourite!!

We saw the radiotherapist again on Thursday and she said that the pain is likely to get worse for a few weeks but then better after 6-8 weeks. If I still have pain after that, they can repeat the radiotherapy in a few weeks or months. She explained that the reason I have been having so much pain in my side is probably a trapped nerve and that this should be relieved by the treatment.

We are flying to Cork on Sunday to spend some time with family and friends and have some rest and recuperation.