Tuesday 29 June 2010

More excellent news...

There has been some more excellent news this week too.

I had an appointment with the Consultant Oncologist who was in charge of my radiotherapy treatment last autumn. This was a routine follow-up appointment just to check on progress etc, but he is also part of a clinical team with my Haematologist, so has the fuller picture of what’s been happening over the last 6 or 7 months.

He gave me the usual prod and poke around the lymph sites in my neck, armpits and groin and I am pleased to say that he couldn’t find any swollen nodes at all. This means that the treatment is working. Which is, as I say, excellent news :-)

"I never want to see you again", he said, in the nicest possible way. To be honest, I never want to see him, either, but I am glad I met him.

Unfortunately, it’s not possible to feel the nodes in the abdomen area, so I may need to have a further CT scan after next week’s treatment to check on what’s been going on there. Furthermore, this doesn’t mean that I am cured.

What it does mean though is that, subject to attending for the maintenance treatment over the next two years, I can look forward to maybe 7 years before I need to have something similar.

I am quite pleased. Not that I ever doubted that this would work, of course.

Now, I’m going to have to think of something else to write about – I’ve enjoyed doing this blog over the last year or so – it’s good to write things down and very interesting (to me at least) to go back and read posts from a while ago. As I have said before, it seems a lot longer than it really has been – so much has happened really and it’s easy to forget what you’ve been through.

Oh, and England were woeful in the World Cup. Why am I not surprised?

11 comments:

  1. That's top news Andy. Always nice to hear good news. How's the portfolio of B&W ?

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  2. VERY GOOD NEWS ANDY.
    We have been following the web site which is so intresting and photos are lovely.

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  3. Good news Andy - very glad to read it!

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  4. Thanks for taking the time to comment folks. Nice to know that people are still "with me" on this :-)

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  5. Now thats what we're talking about...deep joy Andy.

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  6. Dear Andrew.Best news of the year!!We are so pleased.Love you loads
    from all of us down south
    Mum ,Dad,Ian.Judith.Nic.Sam.Kevin and Janxxxx

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  7. That is indeed very good news, Andy, and you certainly deserved some. I think it was a very courageous and generous act to write this blog which I have followed from the beginning. As always, my thoughts are with you.

    Ken.

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  8. Thanks for your support everyone

    And, "Ken", I wish I knew which one you were - I know several!

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  9. I'm the one whose son is married to the daughter of an ex-manager at Bowmore (wink). Very best wishes, Andy.

    Ken.

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  10. Andy - the Hasselblad B&W are delightful. Is this really the first time you have used it? It looks like very good news on every front then.
    Keep us informed how things go on. Good luck.

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  11. I bought the Hasselblad a couple of months ago and I'd not used one before then.

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