The last couple of weeks have been a bit full on and I keep running out of time but I have a few minutes now so I will update the life and times of Elaine and Graham.

At last count we had started radiotherapy which continued for a further 8 treatments. This process inflames the tumours before zapping (hopefully) them. So the pain in Elaines right thigh increased dramatically and she spent most of the week in lots of heavy pain which continued into the following week. We also had an appointment with the pain specialist who wanted to put Elaine into hospital to readjust her background medication. After a lot of  deep thought she agreed and will be admitted to Hollywood next Monday for a maximum of 1 week when she will either be discharged or she will just walk!! We also had appointments with both the radiation and the medical oncologists.

The pain was so bad that at the end of last week we had Silver Chain in 4 times for morphone injections and used large amounts of her breakthrough medication. However last Friday was the last radiotherapy and the pain seems to be reducing, there is still lots of it and Elaine is still weary, but there is at this point light at the end of the tunnel.

Cancer is a shit of a disease, as some of you already know, but we keep working on it and try to stay positive. The staying positive bit is, I am sure, very hard for Elaine but she is doing well in that regard. I will try to get back to regular blogs.