Slightly longer update

The weather has been just too nice to sit indoors on a computer, but I'm already a day late with the expanded update, so here goes.

We went to the hospital on Monday to get the results of the scan, but it hadn't been analysed in time so we were asked to return on Wednesday. The doctor was unhappy about the reactions I was having and the fact my treatment was being done at home and not in hospital. However , as I said, when we returned on Wednesday we were told the chemotherapy isn't working, the tumour has grown slightly so there is no point in continuing with the current drug, Taxol, so end of reaction problem. The proposal was then to put me back on a drug I used last year, called Carboplatin. It had some success last year in reducing the tumour so it may do again. As I feel well, I am happy to give this another go. My hair will now start to grow back slowly.

However after much discussion and consultation with other consultants, we have decided to take a break from chemo and see if anything can be done about my leg to give me more mobility. It will take about two weeks to get an appointment to see what can be done, but there appear to be one or two options. I hope they will be able to put a stent in my leg to release the blood flow. They are optimistic from the scan, but need to do their own investigation to decide.

I will return to Oncology in 4 weeks to see if we can then restart chemo with Carboplatin or another drug if they suggest it. My usual consultant is away but will be back for that appointment, so we can decide then and we wil know about the leg too.

So it was a mixture of feelings really, disappointment that the chemo hadn't worked but hope that they can do something about my leg so I can get walking again with the group which I really miss. It would also be a lot quicker to get anywhere than I can at the moment, it's very frustrating, having to stop all the time to get the circulation back.

We're staying at home over Easter, the good weather will bring out the crowds, but hope to get off again somewhere when we can, let's hope the good weather lasts.

Happy Easter everyone.

Sheila x