Isobel's balance is still poor, it makes walking just a few yards a slow and difficult task. Hopefully it will start to improve as the steroids take effect over the next couple of days.

After a leisurely morning and lunch, Iona took Isobel to her house so that I could work in the greenhouse. It is a measure of how difficult things have been in the past few months that this was the start of season clean up of the greenhouse, usually done in March.

I picked Isobel up at about 7pm and she had a small dinner as soon as we got home. Within a few minutes of finishing her meal Isobel was hungry again, but a cup of coffee and half a dozen "Hobnobs" satisfied her. It will be interesting to see how her appetite changes as the steroids take effect. Increased appetite can be caused by the steroids or by the glucose demand of a growing tumour. As her appetite decreased when she stopped taking the steroids this suggests tumour growth is not responsible for the increased appetite, which is encouraging.