Monday 31 May 2010

We went for a radiotherapy planning meeting a week ago and Jane will start a 5 day course of radiotherapy tomorrow. The treatment will be focused on her neck and the middle of her back. The cancer in Jane's neck is affecting nerve endings and is making her face feel numb (like anaesthetic when you go to the dentist). We are not sure how bad the side effects will be but we know from past experience they will include nausea, localised burning of the skin and fatigue. Her last session will be on next Monday.

I will blog again shortly after that to let you know how things have gone.

Much love

Peter and Jane

Tuesday 11th May 2010

We have just heard that we have a new Prime Minister. I started to write this about 4 hours ago but then Gordon Brown resigned and I was drawn to the TV!

We haven't blogged for a long time and I wanted to provide a quick update. We saw the orthopaedic surgeon and the oncologist yesterday. Jane had some x rays done of her legs, pelvis and shoulders. They all show the disease advancing, albeit slowly. More worrying though is the area of numbness that has developed on Jane's chin. This results from the cancer putting pressure on Jane's nerves near the base of her skull/top of the spine. The potential for this to cause problems is quite worrying. So, she will have an MRI scan in the coming days and then, probably, some more radiotherapy to try and deal with that in the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime, we are going to try and go and get some sun and sea for a few days; we'll let you know how that plan develops.

Love from us all. I will blog again soon.