John Gilpin's Ride...or not

Lots of post Christmas cheer:

• The CT scan result is very encouraging - it shows no significant tumour growth in the liver or gall bladder, nor any spread elsewhere between scans of 5.10.09 and 29.12.09.
• No snow to battle with this week
• Life gets back to a more normal routine

A bit like John Gilpin's horse, the disease seems to have come to a halt with treatment. Just like his horse, we cannot be sure what will happen next. The angel and I see the result as a very positive confirmation of what we felt was happening anyway and we will carry on as before with treatment as offered.

Oncology and prayer are a mixture to be thankful for.

I am kept busy with various projects as energy levels vary - I have been lent loads of books to read from fiction through GP's memoires, climate change, bird books and Civil war histories to treatises on Guns, War and Votes, then there has been time for rebuilding the practice website, small DIY projects around the house and then perhaps, when things warm up and energy allows, we can get outside again....
As the days lengthen again, it will be time for some more walking and cycling we hope. The bulbs inside the house (not the electric ones!) are popping in to bloom so the ones outside will not be far behind and then we will be racing into Spring - with a bit more control than John Gilpin had of his mare, we hope!

He should have employed a locum in the first place....