Good news

Following a second bout in hospital with throat problems, the up side was they brought forward The Results Show on 1^st August from 12.15 to 10.30

There is indeed good news. 

The primary location of the cancer was in the right-side tonsil which has now gone. It was bigger than they expected, extending outside of the tonsil into the surrounding muscle. The think they've got it all, but of course, can’t be certain. So to increase the chances of success there will be some further treatment of the throat over the coming months.

The lumps on my neck – yes lumps, now – are in the lymph nodes some of which are attached to a muscle. These are the secondary location of the cancer. It’s going to be surgery to take out as many lymph nodes as we can and the muscle. 

And then further treatment of the neck over the coming 5/6 months.

I haven’t got it clear in my mind yet what the schedule will look like, and more to the point, what Row and I need to go through to get this fixed 

– and it will be fixed. 

I think my plans for a race triathlon might have been scuppered for this year – but hey – I've already achieved my objective – 5 hours is the current record.

I’ll do another blog in a week or so – this will cover some of the physical changes to be expected as a result of the treatment. Then I’ll stop unless there is something funny to say.

Oh, and I’ll be sending a few individual begging emails, and will take no for answers.