Happy Chappie!

The meeting with Mr Raman, the oncology consultant went well. We have come up with a new plan based on a couple of things. Firstly, there had been a concern, which I have been a little loathe to mention too much which was that there were a couple of "spots" that had appeared on a previous scan on my liver. Of course the liver is a vital organ and we wouldn't want stuff happening there, however the scan from last week seems to have shown that these spots have now gone: this means that the 3 cycles of chemotherapy thus far have done the job we had hoped for.

Furthermore, as we have now got to increase my white blood cell count on Friday meaning that Chemo cycle 4 is postponed till next week, Mr Raman has decided that four cycles will at this time be enough. So, this week we do the transfusion, along with a dose of G-csf to promote white blood cell increase, and next week we revert to cycle 4 of the Chemo. The new plan is that after cycle 4 we will try some radiotherapy on the arm lesion. This will not only target that lesion specifically but should also help with management of the pain that comes from the arm.

Radiotherapy is slightly different: looks like the arm will be 5 doses of radiotherapy on a daily basis Monday to Friday in about 3 weeks time. There is also a question about some soft tissue problem in my neck area they will discuss at their case meeting next week, and if they decide that's an issue the radiotherapy may extend to a couple of weeks daily on the neck again to target a specific area. I am not so sure about the neck, because I think the soft tissue damage was caused after the fracture when i was wearing a sling for a number of weeks and am only now getting to be able to straighten my neck properly; we shall see what happens on that score.

All in all though, I have to say, a good result thus far, and I am a "Happy Chappie"!