friday had been such a nice day!
my tummy had been gurgling and dancing all day, but no problem because im used to that. after avery nice tea it started doing a war dance and there were many volcanic rumblings coming thru my mouth. the rumblings turned into quakes and then into volcanic eruptions of the vomiting kind. after 4 hours of this and enduring acute pain i was 999'd to my hospital on their instructions. i got there at midnight and after morphine, xrays, examinations etc, i was finally admitted to the surgical assessment unit. that was at 6.30 am.
got settled in nicely only to be woken at 7.45am to see if i wanted a wash!!!!
at 9.30am i was sent for an already booked MRI.
at 2.30pm i was sent for a CT scan.
at 5pm there was the surgeon and his team at my bedside explaining i had a blockage in my large bowel which was probably cancerous!!
"we would ideally like to operate" said the chief. the assistants nodded in agreement. there followed a very long explanation of what they would do......two ops in one. thats good i thought, a BOGOF deal. resect tumour in lower right of bowel and bypass duodenal tumour in upper left of my bowel. 10 days at least in hospital...lot of risks....oh well lifes full of those any way. i discussed this with my family, signed consent form and started praying.
sunday morning sent for more xrays (xray girls have now invited me to their xmas party). results good, blockage had unblocked itself sufficiently to delay immediate surgery. delay but not stop. surgeon is to confer with my oncologist to see if he is happy for the bypass part to go ahead.
tuesday afternoon they signed my release papers as i was much improved, however i have to have an urgent colonoscopy/biopsy......something to look forward to.
now i am home. they told me it is very rare to have two different cancers. so i have one rare cancer (duodenal) and a rare situation. now my experience of rarities is that they are either 1) worth a fortune or 2) only worth chucking in the bin. still deciding on that one.
and more to look forward to...the MRI is to see if i have mets on my spine!!
oh well, i cant say life isnt interesting.
hugs and kisses sue xxxx
