Hi Karren glad to hear your son has got a date for the Oncologist 

It moved pretty quick for hubby first time around

He has now been told he needs another lot of chemo and we already have the date for that.

Suggest a grab bag for chemo days

Something to do ...ipad etc head phones drinks / preferred food ( the soup at hospital was too lumpy for example so hubby takes own in a thermos)

Its very individual I know but having the little things helps 

Thanks, yes good idea regarding taking stuff for chemo days. Glad your hubby is having more chemo to help him as well. 

Hi Karren 

Thank you and I hope things go well for your son too

Hi all. Hope everything going as well as possible for everybody. 
An update on where I’m up too / what you’ve got to look forward to. 
Had an appt / chat with surgeon last week. She says procedure is 6 hours. Suppose it’s all the prep before and stuff after that adds up to the 10-12 hours I had been told.  So that’s better 

spent all afternoon today seeing anaesthetist and a pre op appt taking blood / ecg / lung function test etc. 

all went well and I came out with a date for operation 10/4  which is 8.5 weeks after my 4th chemo. ( 6.5 weeks they call it after being signed off from xxx) 

again they stress to get as fit as you can for operation. Muscle strength is what they said and make sure you use the spiro thing regularly as we need good lung capacity. 

I actually feel the best I’ve felt in a long time and knowing the operation is going to knock me back is playing on my mind. 
Therefore I’ve just booked a last minute weekend away in a cottage Shropshire. 
Fingers crossed for decent weather xx

Hi Boxbrain. So you're feeling alright then? Second dose seems better than your first dose? It's great that you can eat! Brilliant. Yes, Deans been 'staged' and chemo starts on 27th March. He has been on a couple of alternative things (I researched them as have a science background but not at all an expert) & he feels great most of the time he says. Somehow his eating has improved in the last 8 or 9 days. He did have a feed tube fitted at laparoscopy on 10th Feb but (touch wood) he hasn't needed it so far. Hes got his liquid nutrition on prescription & hes having vegetable fingers, noodles, veg soup etc. He's grateful for, but not looking forward to chemo or the op but will go with it all obviously.  

Hope you have a fab weekend away, what a good idea. It must feel counter intuitive when you feel the best you have felt in a while to then go into surgery.