End January

End January.
The Oncologist from Aberdeen rang yesterday but I was out watching the Hobbit.
He rang again today and had a chat, Dr. MacDonald.
He thinks I am already responding to the treatment although he said the prostate cancer was particularly aggressive. There is a Gleeson scale that goes up to 10. I am a 9.
He suggests that to save a trip to Aberdeen I get a CT scan next month in Lerwick. Also that the nurses continue taking arms full of blood on a regular basis to check PSA levels.
If I have more breathlessness or less mobility I should report it so that they can think about radiotherapy.
I rang my specialists secretary in Lerwick to say I had been told about the Prostate cancer. In the circumstances she said I need not battle the gales and go into Lerwick tomorrow.
I may well need other treatment later but that may be in a few months time.
As far as the malignant melanoma is concerned I can get in touch with them whenever I feel it is doing anything requiring more surgery.
The Aberdeen oncologist has a good reputation with other cancer patients so I  am told.
My dietician also called and said that she recommended I continue the fortified drinks.
She also recommended that if I cannot eat much at a time then I should have more meals.
I told her that my abstinence from chocolate had ceased and she said that my liking for After Eights should be encouraged and that the odd Fry's Peppermint Cream might be good for me. I might talk to her more often.