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15/10/2018
Scheduled session postponed for 2 weeks due to agglomeration of platelets (red blood cells). They have to be careful with this since sticky platelets can give rise to thrombosis. I am prescribed a one-month course of injectable blood thinner administered daily at home. Mrs LS seems to quite enjoy jabbing me in the belly with a needle and has taken to amateur nursing with gusto.
We also go over the CAT scan results, which indicate that the liver tumours have neither shrunk nor grown and that the tumour in my colon may have grown slightly since June but it was difficult to tell exactly. There was also some evidence of lesions in a couple of vertebrae, which is not such great news. I am booked in for an MRI to get a better look.
Scheduled session postponed for 2 weeks due to agglomeration of platelets (red blood cells). They have to be careful with this since sticky platelets can give rise to thrombosis. I am prescribed a one-month course of injectable blood thinner administered daily at home. Mrs LS seems to quite enjoy jabbing me in the belly with a needle and has taken to amateur nursing with gusto.
We also go over the CAT scan results, which indicate that the liver tumours have neither shrunk nor grown and that the tumour in my colon may have grown slightly since June but it was difficult to tell exactly. There was also some evidence of lesions in a couple of vertebrae, which is not such great news. I am booked in for an MRI to get a better look.
That brings my story up to date. I will admit to disappointment that the first 6 sessions of chemo did not appear to achieve very much, but the whole subject of cancer treatment is enormously complex and it would be unreasonable to expect them to find the magic bullet at the first attempt. There is a group of oncologists at the hospital who meet weekly to discuss their current patients' progress & treatment, so I am confident that they are being proactive. In addition, the cancer nurses are first rate and the hospital facilities are excellent.
Above all, I am so fortunate to have met and married such an extraordinary woman. She combines compassion with internal fortitude and a can-do attitude that inspires me. I would not have been able to deal with my current situation without her, of that I have no doubt.
To hell with cancer - we have lives to be getting on with.
Above all, I am so fortunate to have met and married such an extraordinary woman. She combines compassion with internal fortitude and a can-do attitude that inspires me. I would not have been able to deal with my current situation without her, of that I have no doubt.
To hell with cancer - we have lives to be getting on with.
Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement.
They say that cancer affects everybody directly or indirectly at some point in their life.
It's a beautiful sunny day here today and I don't have to think about cancer or hospitals for the next 11 days. After lunch we will go for a walk in the countryside before meeting up with some chums. There will be banter and laughter. Life is good.
They say that cancer affects everybody directly or indirectly at some point in their life.
It's a beautiful sunny day here today and I don't have to think about cancer or hospitals for the next 11 days. After lunch we will go for a walk in the countryside before meeting up with some chums. There will be banter and laughter. Life is good.
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