[DaiCroParticipant]

My 'secondary' tumour has disappeared… but I started to feel sore yesterday, across my chest. 😛

Anyway, I had a consultation today and apparently the 'team' decided last week that I should have a 'just in case' Catscan or MRI. The hope is that Velcade will 'get it' in due course but if it does look suspicious they are going to give it one quick, clean zap with radiotherapy (a dodgy place to have one apparently). :-0

As we were. 🙂

Dai.

[AMcGuireParticipant]

Evening Dai!

Wow, what a wonderful team you have working with you – so quick to act on your wonky bits. I'm so pleased for you that they've already got a plan in place. Velcade will most definitely "get it" I'm sure, its quite a nasty beastie!!

Fingers, legs and eyes crossed there is no suspicious wonky bits lurking, though if there is then the various scans will seek it out and mark it with a "X" for obliteration.>:-( As for radiotherapy well I'm afraid John has never had this treatment so I'm unable to comment on it and feel pretty useless in this department.

You are a wonderful source of inspiration, oozing positivity and your knack of facing whatever comes along straight in the eye is so encouraging. Sock-it-to'em Dai, show that sore chest just who the boss is and wipe it out!!

Sending love and healing thoughts too
Angelina xx

[JetParticipant]

Hi Dai

Good to read your update after seeing you and Janet at the clinic Monday morning. Angelina is right, I think we do have an excellent team at Nottingham. Having heard stories from other people, on here or elsewhere, I'm very impressed with how well they respond and deal with situations that arise, or questions I ask. Good luck with the scans and radiotherapy. With any luck, there'll be nothing to see… the case of the disappearing tumour strikes again!

As for me, I start the whole stem cell harvest/transplant process on 9 June, with the insertion of the Hickman line, a biopsy and the initial high dose of Cyclophosphamide overnight – minimising the number of hospital visits means I'll have a full-on time of it, but get it over in one go. The harvest should take place on 20 June and transplant date yet to be confirmed, but probably going into hospital on 4 or 11 July. It's come round so quickly, but I guess that means all the quicker to reach remission, with any luck.

Hope Janet's knitting project is continuing happily… more focus on knitting, less on you has to be a good thing. 🙂
My next clinic visit is 27 June. Maybe see you there again? LOL!

Jet

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