Well here I am.
Back at home after surgery and a slightly longer than expected hospital stay.
Due to holidays I was handed to another consultant therefore I was facing surgery with no prior meeting. I was anxious anyway but the night before surgery I had a call from the man himself! What a difference that made! Felt totally reassured about what was coming plus the man had a delightful sense of humour.
No laughter on my…
What could be more stressful than actually undergoing treatment? The journey there that’s what. Who’d have guessed?
The actual getting there is taking it’s toll.
The hospital in reality is only 45 minutes away and we are told to allow 20 minutes from the outskirts of the city to the hospital.
I have to factor into this enough time to drink 3 cups of water half an hour before I am due for radiotherapy…
I have never written a blog before.
I don’t do social media.
I’ve not had cancer before my recent diagnosis.
So....according to eldest daughter who is seriously into blogging/writing/communicating with the world....now’s the time to start!
I have a sense of humour, sometimes wicked, sometimes just silly but to me laughter is an important part of life. And it’s the one thing I really don’t want to lose…
Last night I was kept awake ....something made me laugh for longer than I have in ages and it didn’t involve my story.
We were settling to sleep when lovely husband says ‘There’s something weird on my lower back, feels like a scab or something’
After much shuffling around he decided to get up and nip to check it out in the bathroom mirror.
I was almost asleep when the bedroom light went on and…
As part of the planning process for radiotherapy with a low weekly dose of chemo for added flavour I was back at hospital mid week for a further scan and a hearing test. This was because I already have tinnitus, which is not a problem, but treatment can cause tinnitus and so it was decided that a baseline test might be sensible.
So off to Audiology. My husband sat with me while I was waiting to be called. We both noticed…
