Truth to tell I've been waiting for something concrete to report before completing my latest entry. So to matters medical.

Last Monday I went to see the good Doctor Cave, Oncologist. She told me that my latest blood tests are fine, my weight is steady and my chest and lungs are fine. I have to say that I consider myself fortunate in my reccovery. My brother Perry pointed me to an article about somebody called Bryan Gould who has had two operations for this type of cancer and for a time had to be fed through a tube. At the self help group some of my fellow ex patients suffer from what is known as dumping. This is where food is digested too quickly due to the re arranged digestive system. This causes all sorts of stomach pains. For me I have missed all of this and I am eating larger portions of food. Curiously the one item that I have really struggled with is the good old English Sausage. However that is still a very small price to pay.

Health wise, it has not all been plain sailing. For some time I have been getting hot flushes and thought little of them. These have been accompanied by a tightness in the stomach and shortness of breath. I had one such problem whilst we were in Florida. A couple of weeks back we were out walking with two visitors in the Botanic Gardens in Ventnor. It was sunny but hardly hot. We had been walking for about an hour when I felt rather odd. I didn't feel I was about to faint but I definitely needed to sit down. Sweat was pouring off me. A welcoming cup of tea and a sleep did a fine job to pull me round.

I mentioned all this to Dr. Cave who bless her arranged for an ECG at the Hospital which showed up fine. I was however recommended to go to my GP. I saw Dr. Groves who asked a number of questions and took my blood pressure which she noticed had dropped momentarily when I stood up. She sent me for a blood test to check for Diabetes. Fortunately that did not show up. I was also given a 24 hour blood pressure monitor which I had to wear. They seem to think it may be Vasa Vagal which affects the Vagas Nerve causing a slowing down of blood circulation. I am going back to see Dr. Groves on Tuesday afternoon to get the results of the various tests and see what she suggests. They say a little learning is a dangerous thing but from a cursory reading of Google it does not seem anything to worry about. I shall report here next week.

Onn the Radio front, alas the FM transmitter for Angel is off the air at the moment due to an electrical problem. Hopefully it will be up and running again soon.