Many thanks lovely friends for all your messages. Now home and can stagger around with help of a stick. Leg is very sore to tell the truth. Proper results Monday, but the lovely Mr Khong has confirmed the tumour is figure of 8 shaped and each one is 5 cms ie quite big. Also that there is a haemotoma so the whole muscle will probably have to come out.
I bought these shorts and top for Sulawesi, so had to put them on!
The good news is that there is a margin of 5mm between the tumour and the nerve and blood vessels, so that a good surgeon/treatment can save the leg…also that while I wait for the wound to heal and get clearance for flying (DVT risk until leg settles down) there is little or no risk of the cancer spreading into lungs, liver etc.
Other good news is that sarcomas are usually painless so only discovered when too late. Ross’s father said I was lucky to have been alerted by the pain, due to its pressing on the nerve. Mr Khong thinks its probably been there 6 months. It’s grown pretty fast!
So I am going to sit back, relax, have a G & T and finalise my xmas shopping lists, though Ross may have to do the buying!
For now I am being waited on hand and foot by my lovely husband, and on Sunday we have a dear friend, JP Jones, coming form Barbados for a few days.
The plan is that Ross and I fly back together, arriving on 10 December.
Chin Chin!
November 25, 2013 at 5:31 pm
Good on you, Vicky! Glad you’re keeping your spirits up, as well as keeping up with the spirits! We know we can count on you to carpe as much as possible of the diem. Much love and hope to see you soon in Champéry. Angela and Flemming xxx