Excellent meeting with Addenbrooke’s radiology team. Two whole hours with various medics, all of whom gave me great confidence that they understood my condition, and especially how to treat it to maximise my quality of life in the forthcoming months.
The plan is to go ahead with radiotherapy. Next Friday I will come for a “mask” fitting and a further scan to precisely define the tumour treatment area, and maintain my head in alignment during the radiotherapy exposure time. The following 2 weeks I will come for 6 radiotherapy sessions, 3 per week. This may well cause some additional loss of motor functions but should slow the overall deterioration in the longer term.
I’m hoping not to lose control of my right hand (Jokes to be inserted here!). I am led to expect fatigue towards the end of the radiotherapy sessions. So now I have a week to get on with life again, and feel so blessed to live in a country where outstanding healthcare is provided at zero cost when required.
Glad to hear that you are being well looked after, Richard.