Medical update
As most of you know things have been relatively stable, with increasing pain in my leg being the main source of concern. After going through this otherwise quiet patch, things are starting to hot up a bit. I had to arrange a blood test today to check my blood count, prior to having an infusion of a drug which is designed to strengthen the bone in my leg, which is where a major source of cancer is located.
So tomorrow I'm off to the hospice in Exeter for the infusion tomorrow morning. Happily they are also experts in pain control, so I'm hoping that they can advise me on reducing the pain with drugs, thereby hitting one bird with two stones!
On Thursday we travel to Bristol for an appointment with my skin specialist to look at removing the lesions on my eyelid, scalp and shoulders. However, the same evening we are staying at the Lucknam Park Hotel for my family birthday dinner (see 29th August entry in the blog). This should provide some welcome light relief from all the medical stuff!
Any surgery to remove skin lesions will take place on Monday 14th September in Bristol, which should give plenty of time for wounds to heal before the Gamma Knife procedure in London. on 14th October, which will hopefully remove the larger lesions in my brain. However we need to be careful about which ones are removed, as the Gamma Knife relies on a cradle being fixed to my skull to precisely locate the ray guns. I'd hate to have screws going into recent lesion remove sites!
As most of you know things have been relatively stable, with increasing pain in my leg being the main source of concern. After going through this otherwise quiet patch, things are starting to hot up a bit. I had to arrange a blood test today to check my blood count, prior to having an infusion of a drug which is designed to strengthen the bone in my leg, which is where a major source of cancer is located.
So tomorrow I'm off to the hospice in Exeter for the infusion tomorrow morning. Happily they are also experts in pain control, so I'm hoping that they can advise me on reducing the pain with drugs, thereby hitting one bird with two stones!
On Thursday we travel to Bristol for an appointment with my skin specialist to look at removing the lesions on my eyelid, scalp and shoulders. However, the same evening we are staying at the Lucknam Park Hotel for my family birthday dinner (see 29th August entry in the blog). This should provide some welcome light relief from all the medical stuff!
Any surgery to remove skin lesions will take place on Monday 14th September in Bristol, which should give plenty of time for wounds to heal before the Gamma Knife procedure in London. on 14th October, which will hopefully remove the larger lesions in my brain. However we need to be careful about which ones are removed, as the Gamma Knife relies on a cradle being fixed to my skull to precisely locate the ray guns. I'd hate to have screws going into recent lesion remove sites!
Hi George!
ReplyDeleteWe hope all goes well for you with your visits to both exeter and bristol , but the most exciting visit must be lucknam park !!!
Just look at that hotel wow ! that is a very big hotel but it is a very big birthday hehe keep smileing
Danielle xxx