Yesterday Milo was back at North Downs Specialist Referrals (NDSR) for a scan and the Epirubicin chemotherapy that comes at the end of this cycle of the CEOP protocol.

The scan was very encouraging, showing that his lymph nodes were back to their usual size, so once again the oncologist thinks he’s in remission. His cancer has responded to treatment again, which is good. Also good was that with a slightly reduced dose of Vincristine last week his neutrophils were at an OK level for us to proceed with chemo.

Insurance

Milo’s premium has gone up a fair bit, but maybe that’s the normal course of things as he gets older. ManyPets have been turning claims around pretty quickly, with 60% being settled in a day or two, and the remainder coming through in 2-3 weeks. I’ve been adding the most recent NDSR report into the (newly added) history section each time, which hopefully is making things easier at their end (though why that’s necessary when they have all the history in their system can remain one of those mysteries of modern business processes).

Past parts:

1. diagnosis and initial treatment

2. first setback

3. back on track

4. second setback

5. easing the pace

6. counting the cost

7. fat boy

8. done CHOPping for now

9. scans

10. relapse

11. remission

12. complications

13. more H

14. three

15. scans (again)

16. relapse redux