Boys here is an update from Mark Woods as I know many of you ask me about him every week.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers and wish him a recovery and hopefully to put back on his skates and join us on the ice again soon.  I think secretly he wants to be a Polock!!!!!

Thanks for staying in touch. I’ve been off chemo now for about 10 weeks.

Our holiday was great and I had lots of energy for touring around. It was nice to have our girls there with us. We were together for the first 6 days in the Algarve, they spent 5 days in Barcelona without us and then met us in Lisbon for the last 3 days. 

Upon our return I had another CT scan and they determined that the tumour hadn’t grown in the 8 weeks I had been off chemo so they gave me another 8 weeks holiday. So about the end of January they’ll test me again to see what has happened. If it has grown I’ll need to make a decision about more treatment or not. I asked my oncologist for a prognosis and she said I had about 2 years, maybe more. I figure the longer I’m around the better chance there is for a breakthrough in treatment.

My feet are still tingly and numb. Right foot in particular. Not painful, just annoying. I’m tired most of the time. Not real fall asleep tired just no real get up and go. But I walk the dog and try and keep busy around the house with chores. I’m still working 4 days a week from home on special projects for JDRF. It’s good to have other things to concentrate on. 

I like the new teams and sweaters for the league. Well done. It looks like people have embraced the concept with the various awards that have been developed. Looks like fun. I’ll drop down one night to catch a bit of the action.