Clear to continue

So I had my meeting with Andy on Tuesday to get the results of the biopsy. As you can imagine, I really was getting quite nervous about all this. But I got good news when I saw him. Okay, I still have a tumour and I still need to have radiotherapy, but generally there were no nasty surprises. It's still a low-grade glioma, which is good.

I asked Andy if the radiotherapy could wait until the new year so that it didn't spoil Christmas and he didn't have a problem with that. So I'll be having it in January at some point. The fact that he didn't feel any urgency was very comforting. Obviously, I'd rather not have the radiotherapy at all, but that's not an option.

So I'm waiting for an appointment with a radiotherapy specialist and then I've got to get a mask made. That should be interesting and will give me something to write about.

Generally, though, I'm feeling fine, if a little tired at times. I think the strangest thing is that I've lost all interest in eating. I have to force myself to eat stuff. I don't mean that physically, but it's like I'm completely bored with eating. It's not causing me nausea and I'm not showing symptoms of bulimia or anorexia, I just can't be bothered to eat. But I do eat and I'm still a healthy weight. Andy thought this was an interesting symptom but had no recommendations except for me to ensure that I'm still eating healthily.