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Hello there!  Yes, it has been quiet.  See previous post about having nothing to say.

The funnest thing to report is that in early November I developed a reasonably mild case of somnolence syndrome - you get it 4-6 weeks after you finish treatment, and basically you are extra, extra tired.  I had the triumphant experience of falling asleep at my desk four times in one week!  Three of these were when I was working at home, but magnificently once it was in the office.  Fortunately, most people had gone to lunch (while I was on the phone in a meeting, otherwise I'd've been at lunch too), so there weren't many people around to notice - and of the few that were there, I don't think anybody did.  Lots of naps around work and doing stuff on holiday, and I seem to be mostly back to normal-tired now.

In actual news, I've just had my three month follow-up.  I had the scan on the 8th, and saw the oncologist on the 14th.  There are absolutely no changes on my scan, and given my lack of further headaches or any other symptoms, and the general good tolerance I had for the radiotherapy, I don't need to go back again until September 2016, i.e. 1 year after treatment.  Of course, I am welcome to have an appointment if I do feel the need, and the oncologist very much emphasised that she is my doctor for this, but if I'm happy, she's happy.  Her plan is for now 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 year scans.

I've been saving the best bit though...pictures!  I was given a CD of the most recent scan, so now it's time to have a look at my brain

These images are taken looking upwards from my chin, so my right eye is on the left side of the picture.  I've put in the picture on its own, plus a version with a couple of notes on.

This one is the next slice 'down', i.e. towards the chin:

And here are a couple from a face-on direction, I think you can probably see the beastie without my help on these:

As you can probably guess, I'm utterly thrilled to have pictures