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Stomach cancer
Richard looked up the figures on the web for me:
Ovarian cancer - 50% five year survival rate. I'd just about got used to that
idea...
Stomach cancer - 20% five year surival rate.
She has a thickening in the stomach wall - presumably the original cancer (they
have to culture the cells for a week before they know for sure)
There's a tumour on the ovary and another twisted around her bowel.
She can't keep down solid food of any kind.
I shall have a couple of lousy nights sleep before my mind adjusts, but it's a
different kind of adjestment that knows to expect the worst and to regard
revovery as a long shot rather than a decent chance.
My voice is starting to come back again. Once I can talk properly, I shall go
and visit her, but there seems little point until then.
I hope the pollen count drops soon. Once my eyes stop watering, there's more I
can do to distract myself.
Ovarian cancer - 50% five year survival rate. I'd just about got used to that
idea...
Stomach cancer - 20% five year surival rate.
She has a thickening in the stomach wall - presumably the original cancer (they
have to culture the cells for a week before they know for sure)
There's a tumour on the ovary and another twisted around her bowel.
She can't keep down solid food of any kind.
I shall have a couple of lousy nights sleep before my mind adjusts, but it's a
different kind of adjestment that knows to expect the worst and to regard
revovery as a long shot rather than a decent chance.
My voice is starting to come back again. Once I can talk properly, I shall go
and visit her, but there seems little point until then.
I hope the pollen count drops soon. Once my eyes stop watering, there's more I
can do to distract myself.