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In November, Don began to experience pain in his hip. He expressed his concern to our family doctor who took tests, but could not find anything and recommended pain killers. In December, the pain became severe enough for Don to use a cane. Again he went back to the doctor who ordered an x-ray, but could not find anything. In January, Don was using crutches. Our family doctor referred him to an orthopedic surgeon who ordered another x-ray. Two weeks from the first one revealed the tendon had separated from the top of the thigh bone, which was now discoloured. A few days later, Don had a bone scan, which revealed lesions on his thigh, vertebrae, elbow and sternum. The following week when Don & Eva met with the doctor, they were told it was cancer. He then had a ct scan on the body tissues, which revealed spots on his lungs and bowels. Tuesday, Jan 25^th, we met with the oncologist who determined it was necessary for Don to have surgery. Wednesday, he had a pin placed in the thigh to stabilize the bone. We are now waiting to hear back from the doctors as they need to establish staging and the primary so they can determine the best course of action and chemo. Chemotherapy isn’t standard across the board, it’s essentially a cocktail and what’s in the cocktail is dependent on what type of cancer we are facing.