I met with Dr Philps today and we went through how the chemo had been. He examined me and we talked about the PET / CT result i got yesterday. He said not to worry about the throat thing at all and that the PET / CT scan shows up any sort of inflamation. He said the main issue was the armpit and that being clear is great news - so that is good! I'm taking his word for this though. Also he said that for it to be clear totally in the right armpit - yet there to be something in the throat would be 'fanciful' - so that helped reassure me too.
Next stage was a CT scan + adding some permenant marks to show the point for radiotherapy. The CT guy came in and said that could be done today too. Following that he downloaded the PET scan from the Royal Marsden and passed it on to the consultant. All this means that the first session of radiotherapy can start tomorrow! Quick work indeed. The first one will be a full 'dress rehersal' with everything being done except the actual radiation beind administered.
Dr Philips was very happy with how id got through the chemo and said as the area being radiated is very small and as id coped well with the chemo he expected very few side effects at all for this.
Right, so i can now work out an end date for this treatment. 18 sessions i think is the plan. Mon - Fri. So starting tomorrow looks like Friday February 15th will be the last one- around then.
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