Hope

Monday J has his surgery to replace his knee totally and the part of his tibia infected with tumour (about half his lower leg) with a titanum plate. He has just finished two cycles of chemotherapy and has tolerated it mostly well...today I find out he has sustained some damage to his heart from the chemo so has to be monitored regularly and hope it doesnt get worse. For the medical ones out there, I have deduced its probably the mitral valve in the left ventricle. MRI shows some abnormalities to the tip of the fibula too so it has spread..nodules in the lungs, more than before. Lets hope the chemo zaps them?, the doctors dont seem too concerned about them. Sometimes I wish I had more oncology knowledge..

and then they have said he wont be able to weight bear for 2-6 months as he will be minus a tendon in his knee for a while. There is some confusion on this and mixed messages but as he is so opposed to using a wheelchair, this is going to be a challenge.

its hitting everyone hard....emotions are high...

I hope his surgery goes well and this part of his journey can be started. Am going to visit next week when they are in Stanmore..am lucky I am not so far away that I can..not so easy for everyone else.

Love you J....
and love to my sis, G and C too xx