2012 - not quite the start to the year that I was expecting...........

I hope that you are all well and that you are settling into 2012?

I thought that I would give you a quick update as there has been a lot happening in the last month health wise. While I anticipated that 2012 would be a better year health wise, things have not got off to a great start unfortunately. The CEA levels in my blood were slightly raised in a blood test that I had at the end of November which indicates that there is some activity which could be cancer. A colonoscopy before Christmas on the large bowel was clear so I thought this blood test was a blip. But in January the consultant in Basingstoke rang me to discuss things and thought that I should have a CT scan to see what was going on. This somewhat alarmed me but I kept calm about it.

I had the scan and went to get the results last Friday morning. They have found a 2-3 cm tumour in my liver. This will need to be removed so I have to have another operation to remove it. Not quite the news that I wanted - but I am assured that as they have caught it early it is curable. There is no sign of any other tumours else where. I am feeling fine and eating everything again with no side effects and am told am looking very well. So this has come all as a surprise as you can imagine.But apparently 50% of bowel cancer patients go on to have a cancer in the liver - lucky me! I am told that this cancer is the same type as the bowel cancer so that is why they believe it is curable.

Last Thursday I was told that they need to operate on it sooner rather than later as the tumour is in a tricky place. so I am scheduled to have the op on 6 Feb.  We had booked a holiday to Cape Town for 2 weeks starting on 14 Feb which we have had to postpone  and hope that I make a speedy recovery so I can make the trip at the end of March - fingers crossed.

So not a great start to 2012 but we are keeping very positive.

As you can see I have started up the blog again  and will update you as and when. Thank you for all your support last year - little did I know that I would be back here so soon!