Bonjour. A little update, as things have progressed very quickly this week. It would appear that I shall be having the liver tumour (along with about 30% of my liver) removed on Monday. As in, the day after tomorrow. Yikes. The sentence was handed down earlier this week when Bekky and I went to see the liver surgeon in London. The MRI and CT scans I had undergone the previous week showed a very modest reduction in the size of the liver tumour, no current sign of cancer in the

I posted this on my private Facebook blog just over two weeks after bowel surgery. I was in quite a lot of pain, especially in the first week at home, but Bekky had just got on with it - she cared for me immaculately, never complaining, always on call, always on duty, offering me pillows, painkillers or just a hug whenever it was needed. And all the while she was having to juggle her own life as a self-employed teacher/artist - if she didn't work she didn't get paid so she