End of Cape Cycle 2

Hello All,

Apologies for mass messaging and for essay!

Mixed bag at today's oncology meeting, but good on the whole.

Oncologist is very happy with my increased mobility. I have not used my zimmer frame for about a month now 😁

Skin wound still there but improving, should heal properly once I finish the blood thinners (14th September).

Chest area where skin mets were worst is vastly improved, in fact they are almost gone!

New skin mets have appeared under my right armpit and under my right arm. Swollen lymph nodes have led to new lump on ridge of shoulder and neck.

Am also having trouble swallowing, perhaps due to the neck nodes, but could also be an infection so I have 5 days worth of fluconazole to see if this improves things. https://www.healthline.com/health/esophageal-stricture-benign#causes


She is happy for me to return to work slowly following a phased return, as long as they are flexible with hours and location.

Bloods misbehaving and calcium is too low, so increasing my dose of Ad-Cal to look after this. That also means bone strengthening denosumab is delayed for a week as that reduces calcium levels even further.

Will continue on same capecitabine dose, have repeated blood test next week and if they are OK then will have denosumab next week too. Will have CT scan in about a fortnight, this is planned as I have them every 3 months to see how things are doing. This will also look at my neck

Bloody Bloods!

Redo - went Monday bank hols. Cannot test bottle 2

Spa Day

Day with Mish, so lovely

End of Cape Cycle 1

Meeting with Eva. End of Cape Cycle 1

verything went well at oncology. They're pleased with how I'm tolerating treatment and agree my skin mets have reduced 🙂 Onto the next cycle 😁xxx

REducing from 2,150 to 1,650