The news is:
- Next scan will take place in July, with feedback a week before I go on holiday. I think this is good timing.
- Future scans will be six monthly, and then dropping to annually.
- I have permission to swim. I can't wait to get in a pool - I know swimming will be really good for me.
- My consultant hopes that my stiffness will pass, as I start to recover from the chemotherapy. I have continued to suffer with pain, when I am sitting down. It always tickles me that I do not suffer pain when I am walking, but have intense pain when I am sitting down.
- She recommends that I see my occupational therapist to discuss my return to work. I am amazed that she can remember that I saw one before I was diagnosed - very impressive! Her prediction is it will take me a few months to recover from the last nine months of treatment. This sounds good to me. (I don't know if I wrote about my occupational therapist, before now - I met her in May/June last year, and her report stated that she did not think that I was depressed, and recommended that I had an MRI scan. I was unable to read when the letter came, and Dave read it; it convinced him that he had to campaign to get me a scan - which lead to my diagnosis.)
- We talked about my memory; I declined any treatment. Google calendar works well for me, and other electronic gizmos help me. I have had to change the way I operate, but on the whole it is working.
That's it for now. I am very relieved with the results. Genuinely I don't worry before the appointment, but now that I have good results, I am delighted!
Thanks for all your help, so far
lots of love
Sarah xxx
