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Shattering News

ByPeter

Friday 10th November 2006

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

After a year of peace, Christian had a Bone Scan on Wednesday because he has been having a sore knee. It appears that there is a “an area of increased uptake on the Lower Femur of the left knee”. The most likely reason is that the same cancer he had has come back in his bones. He is booked in for a MRI on Monday and a CT scan on Tuesday, after that they will hopefully be able to determine the best next step.

He is likely to need a biopsy and then secondary chemotherapy. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news….

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