The time has come for another missive from yours truly.

We have had a good week, Elaine is feeling good and the visible signs of here cancer have all but gone. Which would indicate that the chemo is doing it's job, it would also indicate that the medication is performing well. We are not sure just which is doing the best job of getting Elaine back to normal. Certainly it is obvious that the chemo is working and we will have to see how or if our pain specialist reduces the level of medication, hopefully he will as we go forward. The medication affects her memory and at times makes her a bit vague so this is a bit if an issue. The other issue that really worries Elaine is that, with this level of medication, she can't drive. I don't mind being the taxi but it does worry her as it affects her feeling of independence.

The reduced pain etc means that Elaine is functioning almost normally and that means that she has been to the shops this week. Actually she has been a couple of times but so far the credit card is surviving well. We also had our whole extended family round for a Chanukah BBQ last night which really gave her a big lift.