Not much has been happening the last couple of days, but Elaine still has a lot of pain in her shoulder. She does think that it is subsiding a little but is still quite strong. Pain has also returned to her left buttock, but is not very bad. Yesterday we had a visit with Dr Chee (I should note that this time he was almost on time) at Genesis and he has opted to wait for a month before deciding whether more radiotherapy is required. Obviously if the pain situation deteriorates we will be in touch for an earlier decision. Elaine is quite put out that none of these doctors, Dr Chee and Dr Troon, actually examine her or even look at sites of the problem.

Late in the day our marvellous Silver Chain nurse Stephanie arrived for her usual visit accompanied by a doctor who is doing a rotation at Silver Chain. It is quite something the number of doctors involved with Silver Chain, this is the 3rd one that we have seen. As usual there was quite a bit of discussion about Elaine's pain management (bad boy GHC didn't administer yesterdays midday pills, as we left home at 1pm and didn't get home until nearly 4pm, but I should have given them early!) and her level of pain and activity. We also discussed this lack of examination and their opinion was that, in this case, the X-rays are a lot more explanatory than an examination would be. That still didn't satisfy Elaine so we will have to follow it up further.

Now on to madam herself who is a lot more active than she has been for some time, probably 2-3 months. She is currently doing some washing, has been to the shops in a limited fashion and has done a bit of gardening. This is a big improvement!