Wow this certainly is a long break between blogs, I will have to have a stern word with the blogger!

Anyway not a lot has happened in the last 10 days. Elaine has completed another round of radiotherapy and not a lot has changed. The pain is still there and seems to be spreading a little, but hopefully she will start to feel the effect of that treatment next week. Prior to starting this latest round of treatment our radiotherapy oncologist ordered a new CT scan which discovered some more lesions and since then there has been another one shown up that is quite visible.

Last week we visited our pain specialist who didn't make major changes to Elaine's medication, just a couple of minor tweaks. However we started a discussion about 2nd opinions and he indicated that it was probably a good idea. He also suggested that in view of the new lesions we should bring forward our appointment with our medical oncologist. I put both these suggestions into action and have brought the medical oncologist appointment forward by one week, which has necessitated another CT scan last Wednesday.

The 2nd opinion thing was also put into action via my brother and his son in Melbourne who is friendly with a director of the Monash Cancer Institute at the Peter Mac Centre in Melbourne. Our GP very quickly put together an extensive dossier  on Elaine's treatment which I sent off to Anthony who sent it on etc through our family connection. The net result is that a conference call between our oncologist and one of the 'Unknown Primary' specialists at Peter Mac has been suggested. Hopefully it will happen after our appointment on Monday and hopefully it will be helpful.