Well I set off with my overnight bag well my friends overnight bag to the local hospital.Now the letter said don't eat or drink anything from midnight and you must be on time.I am always either early or on time it would be a rare thing for me to be late.The strange thing is everyone and I do mean everyone of my friends is always last minuete or late it drives me up the wall.Well I arrived at 7.50am and i was put into a day room to wait.The anaesetist then saw me then the consultant to explain what he was going to do .He was going exploring with a camera and dye up into my bladder and redundant ureter and functioning ureter,he told me I was second on the op list but the op before mine was a big op so I could be waiting a while.Well into hospital gown and those elastic stockings that you have to pull and tug to get on they are made of industrial strength elastic something like that shape wear you can get or spanx.I still have marks around my knees where they came to.I was a little nervous as I was on the same ward I had my kidney out on thirteen months ago and the after care was well it left much to be desired due to so few nurses and so many patients.This time I had no complaints I was well looked after from start to finish I even had my own ensuite room.I spent the next few hours listening to the radio and doing crosswords and suduku i didnt take a book in to read as everyone seems to be reading fifty shades of porn and I have never really fancied reading that and i thought they would think me strange if i took in any other book but that.I finally went to theatre five hours later.The porter walked me to theatre they use to take you on a trolly or a wheel chair but seems things have changed and I was glad of my dressing gown as those who have had ops will know hospital gowns always have ties missing and gape in the most embaracing places.This was supposed to fasten down the back but didn't have any fastens,now many years ago my mum used to say my bum favoured two eggs in a rag unfortunately the same cannot be said now so dressing gown saved my blushes and others from trauma.I was knocked out and this time a lovely nurse held my hand.When I woke I was shivering due to the anaesthetic and had drips all over the place.Back to the ward and they said I could have a drink and they had ordered me something for my tea.They asked if I needed pain relief and I remember being told don't put up with pain take the drugs so a healthy wack of oromorph sorted out the pain.They brought me a tray with a jacket potatoe with what looked like dried grass and a tub of cheese.I attacked the potatoe and I mean attacked as it was so hard it kept trying to shoot off the plate.So I ate as much of my raw potatoe as I could manage and the what I think was supposed to be a trifle.The Consultant came to see me he had that look you know the one he has bad news look and spoke in that kind and quiet way.He said some bad news you had two growths in your bladder they are more than likely cancerous we removed them and they have gone for histology and we should have the results for you in two weeks.If it is aggressive the two worst case scenarios are radio therapy or bladder removal best case senario is monitoring.He shown me a picture of what he had found not a photo for the family album.He said they would inject some mitomycin into my bladder it's a form of chemo to mop up any rogue cells.I don't know if it was a bit of hysteria or what but every time I heard the name mitomycin it made me laugh and think of this mighty drug wizzing around moping up rogue naughty cells.The worst bit was staying in over night and the very worst bit telling my daughters,of course I played it all down as you do.I made sure they let me out today with the I'm fine I didn't mention that every time I pee it's like peeing broken glass but this will settle down in a day or so.I also told them my daughter was picking me up but I was actually getting a taxi so home now and as with many of us the waiting begins just hope the days go fast love and hugs to all Cruton x
