When I see Dr B today he is once again pleased with my progress. Chemo can go ahead as planned for tomorrow. He tells me that my liver enzymes are raised, showing that there is irritation in the liver, but he would expect that given the tumours. The enzymes are slightly less elevated than they were at the start.
He tells me I will have to decide whether I can cope with four more Chemo sessions after the operation. I don’t have to decide yet, but he knows that sometimes it is too difficult to tolerate. We will have to see how well I recover. Apparently a few years ago they would not have operated at all and there would have been no possibility of a cure. The surgery is more advanced nowadays and they are learning new techniques all the time.
He expects the scans to be in the second week of January and the operation to be early February. Then there will be a month’s recovery before continuing Chemo. Dr B reassures me that the tumours will still be responding to the first bout so there should not be any risk of them growing back in that short space of time. He thinks I am continuing to respond well to treatment. Minna makes a provisional appointment for me to see Dr B again on January 17th, but if the operation and scans are all set I may not need to attend. The surgeons in Southampton may want to see me in advance of the operation.
I wish I could be given more concrete dates; I hate the way everything hangs in the air, but there is nothing more I can do now.
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