Good meeting at the hospice - very helpful Dr Macnamara.
Firstly; I'm not normal. No laughing. No comments. No 'you're telling me' comments. In cancer terms I have an unusual cancer, at an unusual time of life, I have had an unusual course of treatment to which I responded unusually well. I told you I was unusual. There are no statistics for people like me.
Things we learnt today:
- I am slap bang in the middle of the highest risk of recurrence. Most cancers that reoccur do so 3-6 months after treatment ends. I'm in month 3 - 'breath holding time'. Time to put my feet up!
- If it does come back I'd be a gonner. They could not give me any more radiotherapy and the chemo would only be palliative; I'd only have a few months.
- I am technically in remission. It was described as 'radiological remission'. This is the first time the 'r' word has been used. Nice; I like the 'r' word.
- There is a slim chance I'm cured. Very slim. Like 1% slim but it is possible - just!
- The longer I'll live the longer I'll live. Seriously, the longer I live the greater are the chances I'll live longer. Your life expectancy after 2 years is greater than after 1.
Think that's all for now! Mixed news but not all bad.
Luv
Dave
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Dearest David, mmm lots of thought provoking comments from the last blog or two. For what it is worth my thoughts are this in that we are all going to die at some stage and I am sure I wouldn't want to know when my time was up so as difficult as this may sound, trust in the fact that when God decides it is time for you to leave us here, you will be going on to somewhere very special, somewhere we will want to follow you to, somewhere we can all be together again. In the meantime do whatever takes your fancy at the time, smile and laugh, enjoy feeling well and I think I would attempt not to dwell on 'when' but stay determined and focussed on the here and now. I do hope young Amy is feeling better and I wish her a speedy recovery to full, vibrant and energetic good health. Love to Theresa and everyone, big hugs and everything else that will make you hang around with us for as long as possible xx xxx
Hi dovid,
It was good to see you Sunday.
Prayers remain with you, and Amy.
and florence, how is (HE) ???!!!!!
Must be comforting to know someone in the world has a bigger spolling problem than you!
Abby really enjoyed Sundays Refresh. She had never been before, and has only just began to want to come to church at all!
She said she did not understand all that you said, but felt your "passion", and that is what touched her. so, ANOTHER fan for you r long list!!! As a;ways, love to you all,and prayers and blessings by the bucket load,
Sianaroonie x
Man o Man......what a load of cr-p have I typed out...did you put the spolling gremlin in my cuppa Sunday night?
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