With temperatures rising this week and everyone enjoying the sudden welcome sunshine, we were all aware that it may not be ideal conditions in which to run a marathon...
In fact it's been the hottest marathon since it began in 1981, so I feel especially proud of both the girls in getting over the finish line in one piece.
Steph has raised £4,067 so far .... That's for Ovacome and Baz ( Daniels girlfriend has raised £3,399 for Alzheimer's... Two incredible girls, raising money for two excellent charities close to both their hearts.
Changing the subject .
This week I met up with one of the top consultants at the Marsden who was over in Jersey for a few days.
The meeting was set up with my consultant Dr KG and my oncologist Dr NB, it was great to actually have three people who have played such an important role in my Cancer diagnosis to date, all being together in the same room. Dr JB did my second operation that resulted sadly in a lengthy spell of lymph fluid retention ...something he remembers only too well ! ( as do I )
We all spoke about where I was at regarding ongoing treatment. They were all pleased that I had responded well to the chemotherapy , and it seemed to have held the cancer at bay, at least for a short while without too many side effects.
They looked at my last scan and Dr JB examined me, we spoke about possible treatments in the future including more chemo , possibly more radiotherapy. This is a little more complicated as if I did require radiation in my groin it could severely affect the formation of blood cells, as the pelvic area is where they are formed .
It was also suggested that they could remove the troublesome lymph nodes ( small tumours ), with a small operation, I did mention my concerns with that idea!
However all of these are just speculations, we have to bizarrely go into "watch and wait" mode, and see how the disease progresses.
It was good to know that they had all seen me, I feel ok, and I look well, so at the moment there is no need for me to have any further treatment.
Fortnightly blood tests, clinic appointment in about 6 weeks and then a scan.
As I am writing this latest post on my iPad I can't post any photos of today's amazing marathon. So expect a full gallery when we arrive back in the island.
I do have one small anecdote to tell you about regarding today .
We ( hubby, Bex and I ) had all left the apartment and we were on the tube heading towards Tower Bridge. The circle line is a nice train line that does have stations "outside ", and some of these have little areas of garden. We pulled up at one of them and hubby looked across the platform and remarked " look that lady over there is doing the gardening". She was indeed kneeling over the flower bed, wearing a pretty flowered dress and had her rucksack next to her.
Both Bex and I turned to look and after a long moment I said carefully " I think you'll find she's actually vomiting"... An easy mistake to make...
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