My diary as a prostate cancer inpatient at an NHS Cancer Centre

  • Three days of brachytherapy, NHS hospitality and all that jazz!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Day 1: Sunday, 17 May 2015

    2.45pm: Arrive at Ward 10, a men-only ward at the Cancer Centre, accompanied by my wife and 2 sons – definitely feeling a tad nervous.  Shown by a rather formal male nurse ‘A’ to my allotted bed, next to a window overlooking greenery – very soothing. Another, more chatty, male nurse ‘T’ arrives first to take pulse, blood pressure and temperature, then an ECG check for my heart, and finally…