I had a very good conversation with him about the cancer coming back twice. He was very honest and said that as the original bowel tumour I had removed nearly 2 years ago was very aggressive it was not uncommon for there to have been the tumours arising in the liver and the lung. But the fact that I did not have them at the same time was a good thing and also that they have cropped up some time after the original tumour was removed.
He had an interesting view about the chemo I had after that first op as he thought that it had held the cancer at bay while I was having it so while it did not kill off the cancer cells it certainly bought me some time.
Going forward should there be any more tumours there is a lot that they can do. If it occurs back in the liver then I could have a further resection and he knew of people who had up to 4 resections.
And as time goes on there is lots of new medical developments with cancer treatments.
So the meeting was very encouraging and I left feeling very positive.
So no more medical stuff hopefully until next year. And so.............
Meanwhile I had an email from the Penny Brohn Centre with spaces for a 2 day retreat starting on Wednesday 7 November and so I have managed to get one of the spaces.
So I am off the Bristol tomorrow and looking forward to some R&R. As Alison said to me " you get want you need what you want" and after every blip so far PB has played part of the healing treatment - so no wonder it has come back into my life again.
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