A Bump in the Road

It has been a long time but it is time for AM and IW to return to the blogosphere.

A lot of things have happened since our return from India over 12 months ago.  We have been exploring a direction for our life with the help of UnitingWorld and arrived at the decision that the next step for AMandIW (this is the new collective term for us) would be Zimbabwe.  The basic plan is to resign from our jobs and in late January head off to work with the Uniting Church of Zimbabwe in the area of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

Well this is still our goal but there has been a 'Bump in the Road'.

AMandIW have been working hard on our health the past few months, changed our eating patterns, joined a Gym and have lost a combined total of about 26 kg.  Pretty impressive we thought.  About a month ago IW got a sore hip - overdone the exercise was the popular opinion so off to the local chiropractor for a bit of relief.

After a session or so it was suggested that we should get some XRay's.  This was followed by a trip to the GP, some bone scans, some CT scans an MRI a trip to IW's Oncologist and a diagnosis that there was cancer present in the left pelvis and right femur plus various spots on the shoulders/back.  We were both in disbelief.  How could this happen when our plans were set and everything seemed so straight forward.

Everything was put on hold as we plotted a new way forward with the help of some very good medical practitioners.  The end result is that IW will soon begin a regime of Radiotherapy to the left pelvis and right femur plus some to the right chest area where there is some suspicious 'thickening'.

We have been encouraged by the advice that we should be able to continue our adventure to Zimbabwe next year but will wait a couple of months to test the effectiveness of the treatment being given.

Stay tuned as AMandIW deal with the 'Bump in the Road' and see where the next adventure is.