UPDATE: 13th February 2019

Please read: http://www.tommyvcancer.com/2019/02/this-is-it/

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"I would advise you to get your finances in order, and not to put off any special plans you have with your family."

With those words, my oncologist confirmed my worst fears; the cancer I'd had removed from my lung was the same type in my throat, attacked by intensive courses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy 18 months before.

It was spreading. And it wasn't going to stop.

In March 2016, I was diagnosed with inoperable stage four throat cancer. Following my treatment (and a near-death experience thanks to double-pneumonia and sepsis), I was declared cancer-free.

For about six months.

At Christmas last year (2017), I had a CT scan to investigate a lump in my jaw. Thankfully, it turned out to be caused by my ongoing lymphedema.

Phew!

However, there was a new tumour in my left lung.

Uh-oh.

I had the part of my lung around that tumour removed in June. However, this time, I'm not cancer free. And I won't be, ever again. It's going to come back again, and again.

Until it gets me.

I'll fight it every single time, of course. I have a loving family, and I want my two sons (aged 11 and 19 as I write this) to have a dad for as long as possible.

I'll be discussing that fight on my blog - Tommy V Cancer

Thank you.