We're Home...

We didn't see the Oncologist but a Dr who works in the Radio Therapy Department but she was reasonably positive about Mum's tumour(even though it has grown)and suggested that it will always stay a local problem and yes they are calling her in again for a check in two months. They did seem to suggest that she can have a course of RT again.

So that sounds as though they are not expecting Mum to leave us anytime soon.

They even suggested that they could do some localised marks on her face(not life threatening with RT)so they wouldn't offer to do them if they though Mum's time was limited. So maybe we have again more positives than negatives and she said again had the original tumour been seen sooner they probably could've made it even smaller but all in all not the bad day we feared.

Its funny how suddenly "Some" are interested in the marks on Mum's face...now. Why were the Dr's that treated her for years at the Dr's surgery not dealing with these?

When Mum was in hospital for nine weeks after a hip operation not doing something about it or referring her to someone else? Likewise another time she had in hospital.

Our problem is that if they stress Mum too much it may accelerate the dementia but even that isn't too bad for now...

A GP is calling tomorrow(Follow up to Mum's stay in hospital last week)but the District Nurse has invited herself along and I think its because she's raised the subject of these marks(again)little do they know the person we saw today at hospital has explained to Mum what they are and said they can be treated if Mum so wishes, I suspect Mum will leave well alone...One will improve be quite sore for a while and she'll have to wear a kind of contact lens to protect her eye whilst it is treated. Not sure Mum could get away with having a contact lens put in...the other is near a tear duct.

So when they visit tomorrow we've already talked about them and possible treatment.

Mum has also said she will probably not be considering changing her medication regarding pain as what she takes do still work a lot of the time. Changing to stronger pain relief may be something that will happen later. We'll have to see.

The carer returns tomorrow but you know we've really enjoyed having no carers here. Its been no more harder looking after Mum possibly easier...and as the District Nurse still calls she is able to check how Mum is and how the tumour/general health is. So Mum is not being neglected.

Mum's just eaten a decent portion of Shepherd's Pie...is having ice cream soon and a fruit juice. That's good enough for me.