Yesterday was a very difficult day both physically and emotionally upon the news of the scan results. In addition to the deterioration of the liver there also seems to be new nodes causing restriction of the oesophagus higher up. There is little that can be done about the advance of the disease but I was at least hoping to get on the trial drug to at least try and slow it down. It feels a bit like watching the arrows in the introduction to Dads' Army.
Yesterday's blog sounds all doom and gloom, but fairly so because I was so ill that I wasn't even able to keep my anti-sickness drug down. The other thing that hit me really hard was that I have been trying to ensure that I get a good Christmas with the kids and yesterday that seemed a very distant prospect.
Kitten did a sterling job in looking after me yesterday (as always), but of course she was also affected by the news. My spirits were lifted a little by a visit from Notoplip who had brought the Huffty back from their mid-season football party. Notoplip had decided to treat the boys to a bowling party as thanks for all of the effort they have put in so far this season. The Huffty returned £10 richer as there was a £5 prize for each of the bowling matches and he won both. From what I hear though the clever clogs may need a new word introducing to his vocabulary; "magnanimous". Notoplip found it funny that when he won the second match he said "Uncle Notoplip, if I give you the fiver back will you give me a tenner?"
Today things are a little brighter and I have had some medication and a small helping of soup. I will be taking it very easy and just trying to pump in little amounts of soup often, so that I am not challenging my body whilst slowly building up my strength. There is more pain today but that is simply because I did not manage to hold in any pain killer yesterday.
Hopefully, I can get a little traction again.
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