Scan Results

I think it's fair to say that Mary and I were pretty tense going into the meeting, especially when the speed with which we were ushered into the consultation room denied us the chance of reading the stories behind the cover headlines on trashy magazines. So, we'll never know which LA Hunk Jen from Friends is going to settle for, or why Denise from Loose Women is so ashamed of her recent behaviour. Anyway, his opening sentence was

The scan looked pretty good

and from this particular consultant that is a very positive statement. There has been no development of the pelvic tumours, either in the soft tissue or the bone. They are pretty much the same, so new pains further round my back can't be that. My liver is still clear. My lungs have three 'spots' but two of them are too small to measure and the third, which is about 1 cm, is not at the stage of requiring treatment. So ... no chemo or any other treatment for now. In the circumstances, this is good news. The situation is still stable. Bring on the summer!

Thank you to everyone who has contacted me over recent days; we have really appreciated your support. Thanks also to the many people from far and wide who pray for us and who were praying specifically for good news.

Friday

I have a meeting with the Senior Consultant this Friday morning to discuss a scan I had last Friday. It was penciled in anyway, but a slight increase in symptoms has meant that it is timely. I have some extra pain further round the top end of my pelvis which, we all agree, needs looking into. We are keeping an open mind (well, trying to) and we'll just have to re-adjust to whatever is found. That said, we are obviously hoping and praying that things haven't progressed in any great way.

We are all well, other than this. Naomi auditioned successfully for a production of The Railway Children that is being staged by the York Theatre Royal. She did this last year and loved it, so she is very pleased! Martha is preparing (?) for her GCSE in science, which has reminded me of just how challenged I am in this area. Attempts to help her with revision have been fairly fruitless. (I remember my science teacher being disappointed, but not surprised, at my Grade E in Chemistry.) Joel is still happy going to school, which makes life much easier for us, and Mary and I are trying to follow his example.

I will update the blog with Friday's results as soon as I have them. I will also try to get a recent poem up here, so that I can feel the blog title is justified!