The third scan of the trio was the liver MRI. Actually 3 different types of scan, but all in the MRI scanner. This was possibly the one I had been most worried about based on other people’s experiences. I shouldn’t have worried, it was pe...
Last night we had a big storm. I live on the South coast in a small city, and our large hospital is about 5 miles away by car, about half by motorway. I left home shortly after 8am for a 9am appointment, conscious it was rush hour. It didn&rsqu...
This week is scanning week. PET-CT scan, MRI, and radiotherapy planning. I think I am going to need a season ticket for the hospital car park. The first two are to try to understand more about the lesion on my liver, found on my August scan. I expect...
2 days after the oncology registrar dumped the news about my liver lesion to me cold, over the telephone, I had my consenting appointment with the radiotherapy consultant. He had access to the same information as oncology, and was somewhat bemused. &...
I finally got the results of my CT scan today, almost 7 weeks on, and unfortunately it’s not good news. I have a lesion on my liver which they believe to be cancer. More scans required to understand it a bit more, so I am expecting to be summon...
