My 300th Post!

Wow - can't believe that we've got to 300 posts!  Thank You to everyone who has been reading the blog over the past 3 years and keeping up with my progress.  It's been so special to be able to connect with so many friends and family in this way and your love & concern means so much to us :)

This one is a health update....

Yesterday we went to London for my bone treatment and, more importantly, a meeting with the oncologist to get the results of last week's scan.  He said that things have got slightly worse than the last scan in November but he's happy that it's mostly under control.  The one thing he is concerned about is that some of my glands are swollen so he wants me to start back on chemotherapy.....apparently I've had my break!!

He was going to wait for the gamma knife treatment to finish but as this is scheduled for March he wants to get one cycle done in February.  That means starting chemo again next Tuesday. This is another new drug to me and will be given in 2 doses - one next Tuesday and one the following Tuesday, then a break for a week between cycles.  It has most of the same side effects as previous drugs but there is also a 50% risk of hair loss / thinning so I've got to decide by next Tuesday if I'm willing to take the risk or go through the pain of scalp cooling again!!

Although this is not the best news, it could have been a lot worse, especially considering what we heard on Thursday.  He's being proactive and wants to get on top of the issue before it gets any worse so we're a little relieved as well as concerned.  In the meanwhile, I've been having some pain in my neck, maybe just a muscle thing, but I'm having a full MRI of the vertebral column on Friday to check things out properly.

After all that, it was great to be able to meet up with Ralph for lunch, he's over in London with work for a couple of days so we really appreciate you taking the time out to catch up :)