Friday, 14 September 2018

Spot on his lung

Well, since I wrote last Geoff has been looking (I suppose I should emphasise the 'looking'!) so much better. His beard has grown back, which is lovely. It's so good to see my husband with a beard again, - it was gone for so long after the radiation treatment. His eye is not so noticeably droopy. Inside, he feels frustrated that he is not better better. He's BETTER but not well if you know what I mean. Anyway, so we were going along - me starting with projects again (a swing, mosaic, sorting out the garden, a new front door) - but scan-time was coming up. So, after the usual six-month scans on Friday, Geoff went in to see his oncologist (Dr Davids) on Monday, and was told there is a spot on his lung (6mm) that looks suspicious. It could be a blood vessel, but is greyer and not in line with the other blood vessels. It was on the previous scan, but then was only 4mm. So possibly another operation. Geoff is feeling slightly adrenalinish, I'm feeling depressed. So that's where we are now. He was looking so much better. Sure, he still doesn't have enough saliva, he has suppurating sores on his head that simply will not go away and he can't lift his right arm because the nerve is cut, but he sounds and looks well, most of the time. We are just both finding it relentless and tiring.