Distracting myself, hopefully!

  • MRI scan today

    I went for the MRI scan today.  It was at the local diagnostic centre again, the same place I went for the CT scan last week.  I thought I was all organised for the MRI.  I had a short sleeved top on ready for the cannula, I didn't...
  • The next step

    I was given some very good advice when I was feeling overwhelmed during my previous cancer journey in 2013.  It was to identify the next step ahead and to focus all my attention on that.  I have decided that my current next step needs to be...
  • CT scan today

    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...
  • Biopsies today

    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...
  • The panda slippers.

    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...