Some people have asked why I have not been here for 4 months. I thought about this then decided to say something. Back in June of last year 2021 I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The primary site was one tonsil with spread to neck lymph nodes and a further presumed site in my hip. I was offered palliative treatment or as much chemo as I could take and then if that appeared to be working radical radiotherapy to my neck. What do you do? I chose the latter.
Throughout the chemo, August, Sept and Oct, I kept trying to make images and then I stopped when in November I was given 35 consecutive days of radiotherapy to the neck. Xmas dinner of sprout soup was interesting. I have now finished 5 additional sessions of radiotherapy to my hip.
While the chemo was very unpleasant the neck treatment has been the worst. It will take many months to recover, to be able to eat, talk, sleep anywhere near normally. I am now more radioactive than Chernobyl to be topical.
There is a bit of good news , my latest CT scan shows no new growth or spread. However, it will not be until June that I can have a PTCT Scan ,which will be more definitive ,due to my radioactivity, and who knows what that will show.
My advice: if you have a sore throat or any doubt about anything go and get it checked out asap, don't accept immediately what you are told, I would have been on the palliative route now had we done so rather than having a chance and give thanks and all your love to your partner and friends, mine have been truly amazing.
We have a week's holiday booked in the Lake District in a couple of week's time; that will be the first time we have been anywhere for quite some time, I'm looking forward to it!!
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