Kaz teamed up with some of her friends from one of the Primary schools she works at and ran the Race for Life today. The weather was perfect, dry and not too warm.
They completed the course in 53 minutes and raised a wad of cash for Cancer Research. Well done girls.
Kaz had a routine mammogram today. They told her it was fine, but whether that means it’s all clear or that the images are good, we’re not sure yet. No news will be good news.
It’s good to know the hospital are checking her regularly though. It’s amazing to think this time last year she was sans hair and on that treatment treadmill. It already seems a distant memory. It must be my age. 
Kaz saw the surgeon recently and it all seems to have been a success. She’s been given the full go ahead to build the muscles back in her right arm and begin to get back into Bowling and Darts.
Getting back to normal is a real sign that it’s over and been beaten. After a year of upheaval and concern, it’s so good to forget about the past year and look forward.
Now it’s time for my Blog to become a normal diary and not be dominated by that two word tag. I’ll enjoy seeing those two words shrink in size on the Tags Cloud in the sidebar.
Today Kaz had an appointment with her Oncologist. After a quick examination he told us that he didn’t need to see her again. Not surprisingly he fully understood her response of ‘Excellent’.
Just keep taking the pills was his only recommendation.
Kaz has completed here treatment, well apart from a pill per day for the next four and half years! Her fifteenth radiotherapy session was today. For me, as a bystander, it seems to have flown by, but I’m sure it’s been a long haul for Kaz.
Thankfully it all went better than we could have expected. So onwards and upwards now. Back to work for her after the Easter holidays. She’s already pushing it behind… what a girl!
Today Kaz had her first Radiotherapy. There was a lot of waiting around, but with free hospital transport, it’s something that has to be accepted. At least she got to read a lot more of The Bone Collector.
Easter this year will be a milestone for us, Kaz’s treatment will be complete apart from a hormone pill a day for the next 5 years.
Today Kaz had an appointment at the district hospital to be tattooed. The three dots are required to ensure precise alignment of the Radiotherapy machine. Her 15 treatments begin in a week or so.
Today Kaz had a follow up appointment with her Oncologist. He seemed genuinely surprised that a CT scan had been arranged. Although 3 lymph nodes had been found to be positive, he said that he would be amazed if the cancer could have spread at all during a course of chemotherapy. That’s a relief.
Kaz now faces a three week course of 15 radiotherapy treatments at a hospital 35 miles away, in three or four weeks time.
Kaz received a little pot of liquid (Gastrografin) in the post yesterday. She has to mix it with squash and water up to a pint and drink it at 10pm tonight, in readiness for her CT Scan in the morning at 8:30. Will she glow in the dark tonight?
On arrival tomorrow she has to drink another cocktail and then wait an hour for that to circulate before having her scan.
Good work to the hospital for getting her in the CT scan so promptly.
Today we attended Kaz’s first follow up appointment after her surgery.
Her wound needed aerating and some more fluid was removed. They are happy with the progress so far and her next visit will be in four months time.
The slightly worrying news was that thirteen lymph nodes were removed from under right arm and three of them were described as ‘positive’. Thank goodness they were taken as a precaution. A CT Scan will be carried out because of those nodes, another unnerving time to come.
The first of many prescriptions for Hormone tablets (treatment type number 3) was written and tomorrow she begins taking one tablet per day for the next five years!
An appointment for her course of radiotherapy will follow soon, that will be treatment type four, as predicted by the surgeon on the very first day.
On the plus side, Kaz’s hair is like a new born baby’s now and growing well.