Yesterday was my monthly follow up with Mr Hamilton and the "gang of seven", although the gang of seven seems to be dwindling and is down to around 5 now.
Mr Hamilton was impressed with how much better I am looking than when he saw me last month (good news) and he quickly put me at ease about the lump in my throat. Seems it is blocked ducts that the radiotherapy screw with and if I massage the area from my chin down, he says it will slowly start to sort itself out, although there may be some long term residual lump. You can't understand how much weight that lifted off me to know it wasn't anything sinister.
An examination of my neck, etc later and Mr Hamilton is still a happy camper, so am I. Things continue to improve.
He feels the morphine reduction could be accelerated a bit and is really keen for me to persevere (push through the pain) and get eating, so will start to see what I can do about that.
My weight has also stabilised - up by about 1 kg - so everyone is happy on that front as well. Total loss to date still remains around the 14Kg mark.
So, my loyal followers, it seems I'm still steaming towards recovery and TC is still accepting defeat. Long may it continue.
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