No Elysian Fields for me - not yet at least,... not yet!

I borrowed the title from Gladiator as I had been waiting for results with Lees mum and we had a nice evening watching the film. I liked the ending where Maximus' friend says he will join him in Elysia but not yet. Well the same is true for me thankfully, my tonsils have been extracted and they have been checked and found to be free of cancer, better than that they did find a deep seated infection which would have accounted for the hot spot on the scan and the nearby lymph nodes, bottom line I now have a firm one year all clear.

About time I had a break....

We did find this one a bit difficult mentally becasue it was very similiar to the situation that the girl in "Journey to Babeland" found herself but sadly it did not work out for her so that knocked my confidence. Then I saw the actual PET scan report at the ENT doctors and it was a bit firmer than Dr Scott saying that the lymph and tonsil signals "could be signs of reemerging disease", these lymph nodes were just above the last ones which had HD so all in all it was a worrying set of curcumstances. I tried to put it to the back of my mind but its very hard not to think "will it get me this time" specially as I know conventional treatment is now pretty much exhausted so if it comes back there is not much they can do. But it dident ! Just wanted to get that lot off my chest in case it helps others.

So life is back to normal, I have a very sore throat but hey I prefer that option, Lee is in Brazil at a series of conferences which are pretty big shows for her. I am recovering, working a bit and doing Dad stuff like getting ready for Hollys birthday party next weekend and the normal flow of domestic kids support and taxi service. In between I have had the chance to catch up with some old friends and next week I will be back at work full time.

So all is well here, the days are begining to feel more normal and to flow into each other as they did before this adventure. Life is good, I am lucky to be here and know that.

I will put something in around Christmas just so any of you who pick up the story, specially those of you on a similiar journey know how things have gone.

Cheers

Gerry