Still Inside!

Sorry it's still the ghost writer. Vic is now on day 6 of his spell on the inside! Its been a real roller coaster visit this time. It has felt just like it did when we were first told Vic had cancer. The Dr we saw on his admission on Friday decided the pain Vic was still having in his ribs could be due to secondary Cancer in his bones, which is often where lung cancer produces secondaries. Vic had his scan, which he absolutely hates being that he is very claustrophobic, on Monday. After an agonising evening's wait they finally told him on Tuesday morning that the scan was clear but the reason for the large amount of pain is due to ALL his ribs being broken on that side and most of them in several places. Ouch!

I have to say just to be told there were no secondaries meant we couldn't actually care less if he had no ribs at all! Dr Gilligan and his team couldn't decide if the chemo has actually been working and being that Vic's tumour is quite unusual, as it would be, they have sent their findings to another team at Papworth and will give their decision as to the next course of treatment on Friday so no chemo today but they may replace chemotherapy with radiotherapy. They discovered Vic is anaemic again so he will be having another blood transfusion tonight.

Otherwise, apart from being so very tired, Vic is slowly feeling better, eating more and keeping his fluids up himself. When he gets parole we will post Vic's thoughts of his incarceration especially his version of events and his cellmates on his ward.