I have now had the "all clear" on my latest bloods and the polyp discovered has proved benign..... that's the good news. The bad news is that, having survived 5 years, my monitoring is over.....
Now, had I come to the end of my 5 years with the all clear, I'd be somewhat happier, but the polyp was my first and was at the point of the excision..... so that has me concerned. I am speaking to the Colorectal unit to see what my options are.....
However, the real reason for this post is the bad news that George Alagiah, the BBC newscaster, is "taking a break" from TV after discovering that his cancer has spread further.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63234953
George was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2014..... so he is probably beating the statistics. He has had muliple secondaries and that makes treatment difficult. I hope that his treatment is successful, but he is essentially playing "whack-a-mole" with cancer now, so his longterm prospects are poor.
Had he caught his cancer earlier, he would have had a far greater chance of remission, but that means action. DON'T PUT IT OFF!!!