When I was being diagnosed with cancer in 2013 I had to travel at least 20 miles to go to a hospital with a CT scanner. One major improvement since then is that we now have a local community diagnostic centre. It's less than 2 miles f...
Alarm went off at 5.30am this morning. We had to leave home by 7am to get to the hospital for 9am. Saw 2 senior consultants who both felt that the swelling on my gums is probably a cancerous tumour. So I didn't get the teeth ext...
When I started this blog I thought I'd be struggling to find things to do each day to distract myself with. However it's not turned out like that at all. Firstly there were the practical things to sort out. Then we started d...
The hospital phoned this morning to say my operation and biopsy on Oct 7th is cancelled because the surgeon has to take emergency leave next week. The suggested alternative date is Oct 28th, will this be acceptable? I politely but extreme...
It's beginning to feel like groundhog day. Symptoms flared up badly again yesterday afternoon. Went to local UTC as instructed. Saw a doctor who said he felt I had a serious infection. He thought it possible that my antibiotic...
