Scans Clear !!!!!

I just had a phone call from my cancer consultant Kerry Davidson, apparently the CAT scan shows a small but much reduced mass in my chest, which is a significant improvement, and the PET scan is showing that there is no active cancer in the residual tumour !! Lots of hugs and jumping round the house have been the result but the bubbly is staying in the fridge as I am still very wobbly from chemo 6.

Normally the CAT scan showing some small mass would mean I would get one more chemo and then a dose of radiotherapy, in this trial the clear PET scan means half of us will get no further treatment, I will find out next thursday (12 days away) which half I am randomised into. Of course I have the option of discharging myself and not taking part in the trial if I am selected for further treatment but that needs some considerable discussion, lets hope the randomising goes in the direction of no treatment and the data is still of use to others.

At the moment I am still only three days from my last chemo and sleeping all the time as my white blood cells pumlet, I am still very prone to infection and this will take a month or more to recover and I may have up to two months of treatment to make sure the Hodgkins does not return, but we are clearly on the right path to recovery now. This is a great great relief.

Emotionally I am still in a sort of shock, I cant really feel anything yet, but I am sure that will come along as the news sinks in, the future will be uncertian for another few weeks but then we should be in good shape to start to make plans for holidays and getting back slowely to some form of normal life.

Thanks to all of you for your great support during the last four months, I will probably keep the blog up until I get a firm plan to get back to work, your help and support has been very important over this time, thanks again - I am off to run around the garden shouting and jumping !!

Cheers and big sighs of relief, I will write a proper thank you later

Gerry