Week 5th Dec. - UK and still in recovery mode

So this week has been an interesting one, done a few days in the office, and met up with some old friends which is always a great life lifter, nothing like reminicing and then also being able to look forward to the future at what they and you are doing. I have found that talking through your situation is a great way to:

1. Level you, as there are always people out there in a worse place than you and the number of people that tell you about there loved ones or family members with cancer is amazing
2. Balances your mind, I have found that the more I talk about this illness the more I get it straight in my own head, I feel very positive and believe my inner strength to beat this will see me through

So met Mr Danford, this was on the recommendation of Mr Boyes-Varley. Carol came along which was good as he did a few things to alleviate her concerns. first he talked through the prognosis, the treatment plan I was on and agreed that the guys in SA were doing absolutely the right thing, he then went into detail as to why surgery should only be considered as a later option;

Basically, due to the size of the tumour (3cm in diameter) it would mean the surgery would be pretty invasive into my mouth with as much as 7cm diameter being cut out of my soft pallete, leaving a huge hole, even though they can fill this with tissue it is obviously static tissue and doesn't work in the same way as the main tissue there, which controls your swallowing, food intake, even your voice, all of which can be significantly impacted by this type of surgery....so radiation is the first and best option.

I have decided to take next week off and spend so quality time with the family, I'll pick Bradley up from his school on Saturday and that will be him finished until the new year. He has had his own trauma with having his appendix removed, still managed a jig or two at the wedding the other week!! He missed about 5 weeks of school though so not good in a GCSE year!!