Wednesday 22nd June 2005

I just want to apoligise to Peter for not answering sooner about his comment on my last blog entry, I have been waiting for today so that I could answer him properly as I didn't know myself what was happening.

I had to go for my first real check up yesterday the last one was just to see if I was recovering from the radiotherapy not from the cancer, last week the oncoligist wanted to know if I was eating okay and if I was still in pain etc and he also checked the skin on my neck.

In answer to Peter's question I can now answer no I'm not having chemo..smiles...Yesterday, the doctor first of all put a small mirror down my throat but he said he couldn't see anything, that in itself gave me hope because the very first time I went and I saw Mr England he could see the lesion with a mirror, so he asked the nurse for a scope this is a small flexible tube with a camera on the end first of all he sprayed something up my nose to make it numb then inserted the camera, it didn't hurt but it was a little uncomfortable after a few ahhhs and errrs which he asked me to do he said that it was all clear except for it still being a little sore but he could see no sign of the cancer and that it had all gone... yeahhhhh, what a relief. He then went on to tell me that I'd have to go back once a month for a year then once every two months for another year.

Of course I'm still having some side effects from the radiotherapy my throat is still sore and a little painful when I eat, my voice isn't back to normal yet but it seems to improve day by day and the skin on my neck now looks like a really good sun tan and I'm still having to put the cream on to stop it drying out and wear a scarf when outside to stop the sun getting to it but none of that matters anymore they are stuff I can cope with knowing they will eventually go.