<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790">So.....................Rolph has had his scan. His pancreas was normal. Most things were normal, but his stomach lining was thickened. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790">We are looking at gastritis, It could be allergy, or it could be a tumor.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790">We can only be sure by doing an internal camera-guided biopsy. Not going to happen.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr">Rolph is 12, he is frail now. I am happy to keep him comfortable with drugs and feeding regimes etc, but if he has a tumor I am not putting him through major surgery to maybe buy him (or, perhaps, me) a couple of months. Ditto chemotherapy.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr">He has been much more himself this week and his back legs have been stronger. I think this may be down to the new painkiller we are trying.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr">As usual, any thoughts are most welcome.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr">I have also had the trubrain emails.I just kill them.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr">Sending drool to all who need and want it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490304839641_2790" dir="ltr">Sally, who rather wishes she didn't work in Westminster at the moment, with Rolph and Clara,UK</div></div></body></html>