Hi Everybody It's all been good news here lately . . . and may I say . . . about bloody time cobbers!!!! Most importantly, Lissa has recovered well from her operation and "fingers crossed" it seems as if it was a success. They removed her teeth on the right side of her lower jaw along with the tumour, they saw her again Friday to check that everything is healing properly. Her face is still swollen, but the feeling in and around her cheek and chin ...

Hi everyone A lot has happened since she was diagnosed and the outlook has lightened considerably. Firstly, after a biopsy it was discovered to be a "non malignant" but very rare jaw bone cancer. To cut a long story short the treatment was to remove the bottom right jaw bone and all the teeth on it and then graft a new jaw bone, harvested from her hip. Lissa has been going to Guy's twice a week for scans to her jaw and hip and also cosmetic photography ...

Hi Folks Pre-travel update . . . We have, in the last couple of days, received some devastating news . . . namely that our daughter-in-law Lissa has been diagnosed with cancer and is about to start treatment in the immediate future. With 3 small children all needing to be cared for during the period of her incapacity and recuperation and we will be involved in at least some of that care and just generally "being there" for them. The upshot of this...