Medulloblastoma

Cancerbacup is a good website about it. The oncologist said that they have to treat every case as pretty much unique, so, until they have refined the diagnosis (results next week through sending a sample off to a specialist centre) we will have to wait to find out how they intend to proceed. They have to wait at least a month for us to fatten him up anyway.
Pads is really unaware of all this in as much as all he really knows is that he will need further treatment. He is exceptionally relieved to have got through today with having the staples removed. In all he had 37 but it wasnt the quantity that scared him, it was having had a Dr remove the drain and put in a stitch without sufficient pain relief last Thursday. This so traumatised him that he has been unwilling for anyone to even hint at touching his head and today he was hysterical at just seeing the nurse. After an hour I was called over from work to reason with him. I negotiated starting with just getting 4 out and, with plenty of gas and air, and with being able to control the staging of further staple removal, he got through it without lapsing into terrified mode.