The PMP Hammer Falls Again......

I had a call late yesterday afternoon from Sue Alves, the specialist nurse at Basingstoke Hospital.
Not good news I’m afraid.

A small area of mucous was detected the size of a one pence piece on my bowel at the back of the abdomen.

The plan at the moment is to meet with my consultant; Tom Cecil and Sue at the PMP clinic in a few weeks time. Here we can discuss and understand in more detail what the implications are and what types of treatment may be on offer. Early discussion suggest that it is possibly operable (although any operation will be harder the second time around) or Chemotherapy. But until I have spoken with them in detail I don’t know the specifics.

The plan is to wait now for another CT scan in six months time so we can get an idea of how quickly this thing is growing and take things from there.

I took the call at 16:45 last night and decided to wait until I got home to break the news to Tracey and the girls; do it face to face. I dreaded it all the way home as I knew just how upset Tracey would be.

It was just as I imagined and no different from the first time around. Tracey was devastated and very upset. We told the girls as they knew something was going on and as has always been the case we wanted to be truthful and honest with them so they didn’t worry themselves.
Next I had to break the news to Mum and Dad. I knew how much this would upset them, they have been through so much what with dealing with Mum’s breast cancer after my MOAS the first time around.

My biggest worry is just how well my family will cope second time around. Tracey and the girls, Mum and Dad. Part of me thinks that at least we know more about what we are dealing with, we know what type of things we can expect, we know the team looking after me and we know the facilities at the hospital......

But I also know that second time around things become more complicated and are not easy to deal with.

We just have to watch and wait now and try and crack on the best we can.

The PMP Albatross weighs heavy again.......