July 3rd

Great news!! My MRI scan on the brain showed that the tumor has reduced by 2 thirds!! I had the scan this afternoon and the consultant reviewed it and gave us the results straight away. He said it is very positive news and they were pleased with how it has reacted so far. He was able to show us the images of the initial scan and compare them to todays scan and the changes were very obvious.

Although it has come down it is still quite large - he expects it to continue to reduce and will do another follow up MRI in 3 months time and assess whether we need to radiotherapy or remove the remaining mass by surgery. The swelling has improved dramatically but there is still a little bit there so he has recommended continuing with steriods for a few weeks.

We are absolutely thrilled with the news and it's so good to hear something positive. It's also amazing the way it happened - we weren't expecting to get any feedback so soon but we bumped into the consultant's PA in the lift and she arranged for us to see him this afternoon. It turned out that my consultant was away but his colleague wanted to review the scans as soon as they were done and let us know immediately. They are an amazing team and so caring :)