Thank you all for the messages of support, it does have a huge affect on my particular circumstances, you are great.
As alluded to in my earlier report, the day has been largely one for good news, although obviously in the general scheme of things, it's of little importance, apart from raising my spirits.
The visit started with giving blood, again, so delayed things whilst the results were checked, they do it very quickly now, usually under an hour for full blood count, and all the extra's for checking out the major organs. They can tell a lot just from these.
The first of the medical team to be seen was the dietitian who was pleased with my progress in eating ability, and impressed with the weight gain. A further hours wait, and I was in with the medical team. I explained how I had been over the last couple of weeks, to put them in the picture. This procedure can be a bit disconcerting at times, as they tend not to make any comment, but I am getting used to that now. Once I have done my bit, it's their turn. The results from the blood tests were very good, in that they showed no abnormalities, not that you can read into this too much, without the backup of scans etc., but any information is jumped on, good or bad.
After some general chat, they announced that they now considered me to be strong enough to take the full 100% chemotherapy, remember I was only receiving 75% over the last two cycles. Happy? I could have done a dance there and then After further encouraging chat, they did say that they were very pleased with my progress, but, and a very big but, that really speaking, nothing had changed, and the odds although perhaps marginally better, had not altered. Without the scans, the blood tests did not tell the full story of what was happening with the tumours, these will be conducted after cycle 3 of chemo which takes place on Thursday this week, and after a little break from treatment for 2 weeks, before deciding on the best course of action thereafter.
OK, as I have said many times, fighting this disease is as much about me doing the right things, to compliment the medical treatment, and I am determined that WE will win in the end. Who cares about the slightly negative news from the team, I am feeling as good now as I have in months, and this all agree counts for so much.
I am again at Guy's later today to see Macmillan palliative team, and then a further consultation with their doctor, who has vast experience in this field, more so than even the Guy's teem seen today, and I have every confidence in him, so what he says will be important.
A busy week, all in all, but I don't mind the fatigue the difficulties of all this, if the news is encouraging. More of the same please.