Another newsletter from Chris giving an update on Margaret
Dear all,
So it has now been one week since my Mum went into hospital, and she really is making good progress. Those that have visited or talked with her on the phone know just how well she is doing because she able to talk without any problems. We now know that they started the operation using laser surgery, which lessens the bleeding and swelling, but that they could not do the whole thing with laser so it was finished off with traditional methods, sharp knife and then stitched. Although I have not seen for myself, but my Mum has - the scar on her neck seems to be pretty good, tidy and apparently shaped like the letter T.
Psychologically she is doing fine, in fact her main concern at the moment is the state of her hair... All in all she is looking good, the swelling doesn't look at all bad and her main battle is that against boredom.
On a more unfortunate note, it was a 99% possibility but has now been confirmed as 100%, is that therapy will have to take place. The results of the lymph gland came back as malignant, so It will be a combination of Chemo & Radiation Therapy. I'm not exactly sure when this starts, or how it will work, but I will have more information on this later on.
Today they start preparing things for the radiation therapy, they have to create some sort of mask thing, and tomorrow I understand the stitches in both her tongue and neck will be removed. Tomorrow they will also start feeding proper food, and depending on how well that goes, she should be out of hospital later on this week. BTW, she has in the last 7 days actually gained 2 kilos, so that good news.
Today also marks her '1 week' anniversary of quitting smoking.
Once again, thank you all for your support, those that have visited I think you know it means a lot to my Mum and she really appreciates it.
Until the next update,
Take care,
Chris
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