You sound upbeat and seem to be coping well.  I think at the age of 72 which is my husband's age it is slightly easier to see the end game.  Our diagnosis is incurable but fifteen months later we're still here!  Hubby sailed through radiotherapy but suffered side effects after so watch out for that and kep asking questions if you are struggling.   Good luck with your fight. X

Thanks for support Caz, sorry to hear your husbands cancer is incurable, w orl hard to extend and enjoy your time together.

Keep in touch and let me know how it's going.

Hi Caz

I had my oncologist appointment last week. He showed me scans prior to start of chemo then at half way point. Massive reduction in size of tumour. Still a long way to go but I feel more positive now than any time since diagnosis. Go for my radiotherapy planning next Wednesday then start 30 faction radiotherapy on 30th July. Only thing concerning me is slight breathlessness, hope that is a side effect that will disappear in time.

hope that your husband is well.

Hi Alan, good news about the shrinkage,  the radiotherapy should help a lot more, we ended up with a 60%  success rate due to tumour more than halved, it also goes on working for a long while after finish.   Yes breathlessness is common,  ours was attributed to anaemia after chemo, ask for a blood test and that can be rectified.   Norman had a blood transfusion which helped a lot.  If you have something you're not happy about don't ignore it, I know what you men are like!!  Upwards and onwards, good luck.

Hi Caz

Thanks for the advice re breathlessness, which is the only side effect that is of concern right now, I will certainly follow your advice. Into my second week of RT no side effect so far, 110 mile round trip each day is a little tiring though. Good luck to both of you.

Crikey Alan that's a long trip.  Norman had hospital transport and was missing for hours.  Still it gave us both a break from each other.  No side effects until a long time after the end of treatment .  So look out for that.  Don't ignore problems, or put it down to the cancer, contact me if you're worried about anything and I'll  look back over my posts to see what problems we had.  Good luck.

Finished RT last Friday, thankfully, the long trip each day was beginning to get me down a little. Left me with a very sore gullet that the hospital gave me medicine for. 6 weeks to wait for scan then around two weeks for result, so hoping for good news on my 5th Nov birthday.