Hi Everyone,
Sorry I haven’t updated lately. I had a bit of a motorbike accident in Bali in November which layed me up for a while, so I have mostly been dealing with recovering from those injuries. All is much better now, broken collarbone is healing well, other injuries have healed but an internal infection in the left ankle is still giving me some grief. I just got back to the shop for the first time in almost 7 weeks last Thursday.
In October, just before the Bali holiday, I had my 6 month post-treatment MRI scan with a follow-up with Dr Harvey Turner at the end of November. Our visit with Dr Turner was all positive, all reports are good with no indications of tumour activity or growth. Dr Turner expects that based on the study results thus far, they we can expect at least 18 to 24 months without reoccurance. Thus far, in all his cases, he has only had to do a retreatment on two patients. I will continue to have 6 month interval follow-ups for the foreseeable future to track any possible developments.
One of the interesting developments in patient care is a move by the Western Australian Department of Health to create a Centre-of-Excellence for Carcinoid Cancer for Western Australia. It will be run out the three teaching hostpitals in Perth where a standing board consisting of experts in the treatment of Carcinoid Cancer will review the care of all Carcinoid patients in the state and develop individual treatment plans for each patient according to established treatment protocols. WA has already established its world reputation in the area Cardinoid treatment due to the efforts of people like Dr Harvey Turner, Dr Phil Claringbold and surgons like Harsha Chandraratna and many others. For me it represents assurity if I require more ongoing treatment in the future, I am in excellent hands.
My focus now is accident recovery and weight loss. I am on a serious program of weight loss control for a serious problem of overweight. Thus far I am having excellent results, but I have a long way to go to get to my most desired weight (like 25-30 kg!).
All my wishes to all of you for a joyous and festive holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year!
Eric