I imagine it varies between hospitals, but I've had two meetings with my consultant during the lockdown and my wife has been allowed in, not in case I forget something (although it does happen!) but just for support.   Don't forget all the staff are caring and understanding, especially with cancer care, see what the secretary says tomorrow, but I'm sure it'll be ok. 

Take care.   Colin. 

Hi Colin

thank you so much for taking the time to reply.

they have said they normally prefer only one coming in but as it's my dad then I'm allowed. Just counting down the days till Friday now it's the unknown at the moment.

thank you 

Mandy 

Best of luck today, I hope its good news. 

Take care.   Colin. 

Thank you so much for thinking of us. Meeting was ok however I still feel we are in just as much limbo as before and knew the news was coming. Consultant has said that the large lumps on his neck are clusters, they also only done needle biopsy before and now want a large biopsy so when that appointment comes through he will have to isolate for 14 days due to it being operation. He's due in for pet scan tomorrow, consultant had said he would have preferred it already done but couldn't get another day, then they will have MDT meeting Tuesday then arrange appointment to see us against. He has said basically the large clusters are secondary and hopefully pet scan will show up where primary is and if there's any more, but even if there's a possibility of treatment he said it's going to be harsh. Sorry for long winded reply just a little lost at moment even if I did kind of guess what was coming.

i hope you are doing ok and again thank you for thinking of us 

Mandy x

I imagine you're thinking things aren't going forward as quickly as you expected, but that's a good indicator i think.   When I first had my problem, everything went at 100 miles an hour, doctors, scans, MDT, operation and home, fixed!            Now, because my follow up scan showed a couple of enlarged lymph nodes they've been checking allsorts and its taken best part of 9 weeks to get some answers.        Since then I've had petscan, ct, biopsies etc.     I  was at the  hospital yesterday as well, my consultant is confident the cancer hasn't come back but they're going to do more haematology tests to make certain.   What I mean is if its really important, then it gets done really quickly. 

I know it's easy to say but try not to worry too much, it's at times like this when your Dad needs you, just    as my son and daughter were for me. 

My turn for the long winded reply!!

Take care.   Colin.