November 27th

Roger came over to see us for the weekend and it was so good to see him & spend time with him!  We got to meet up with our cousin & his family in Bristol, did some sightseeing and spent time in London on Monday.  We went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park which was a great experience and even got cheap last minute tickets to a show - Singing in the Rain (really worth seeing)!

I had my last chemo today and can look forward to a break in treatment now, at least until my next review in the New Year.  In the meanwhile, I do need to continue with my bone treatment every 3 to 4 weeks so I'm booked in for that on 18th Dec and 8th Jan.

November 21st

We were in Devon last week and really enjoyed getting out and about and having a slightly more active lifestyle. It's been great to have more energy back. We took walks along the amazing beaches, went swimming - in the pool, not the sea!! - and even hired bikes and went cycling for a day.  It's a beautiful place, the beaches are amazing, huge waves and great cliffs and the countryside is full of trees turning fabulous autumn colours :-)  

Back to London yesterday for chemo and a review with the consultant.  He was very happy with my progress and with the scan and blood results so he said he'll give be a break from chemo after next week.  I'll see him early in the new year to review my progress and determine what the next steps are.  In the meanwhile, I will still need to go in every 3 to 4 weeks to continue with my bone treatment and get the port flushed but I feel ok after yesterday's treatment (so far) so I'm very thankful for that :)

November 7th

More good news!  I got the results of my scan yesterday and the great news is that the chemotherapy is still working!  The nodules on my lung are still reducing and my tumour markers are looking good.  The blood results are improving too and my blood count is much better - I am still slightly anaemic but they are happy that I don't need a transfusion at the moment as I'm not feeling over tired or fatigued.  

I had the second part of the new treatment yesterday and was concerned that I would feel sick afterwards as they didn't give me the extra anti-sickness medication (apparently it interferes with one of the other drugs I'm taking) but I'm so thankful to say that I did well since my last treatment & I feel good so far this time.

Last week was a busy week with 2 trips to London for treatment & scan, meal out on Friday night & 2 days out to celebrate Marilyn's birthday so this week I'm going to take it a bit easier and rest up some more :)  I have 4 treatments in the space of 6 weeks - two done and the next two on November 20th & 27th - and then they've promised to give me a break!!