Well i waited about all morning for 1pm when id be able to phone the liason nurse to find out my MRI results.I did tidy the house,i got my ass kicked by Debs on facebook at scrabble and i wasted £50 on online bingo (im very ashamed to admit that) then it was time to phone and it was bloody engaged for ages,i finally got through to be told that my nurse was now on holiday and she would be able to give me the results,she said that i have a lesion on my left old kidney but wasnt able to tell me if it was cancer...eh?? She said the surgeon was keen to try and take both old kidneys and the bit vein that needs to go through keyhole if i ok'd it,which obviously i will do (do they get it all this way?) I asked her about the fluid on my lungs and what she thought that was,she said she couldnt remember what was said and to phone her back tomorrow same time after she had checked with surgeon??!! I had my own gp in the afternoon and she was really great,she said i should ask to speak to my consultant before my op as i have the right to,she said that sometimes in the NHS's rush to get people seen the forget to actually keep patients informed,she made no promises about my transplanted kidney but told me i was in the best hands,i showed her a bit thats appeared on my foot and she agreed it was suspisious and wanted it removed,but as i only had a week and a half to surgery she is going to ask my surgeon to whip that off too,if not its off to the skin clinic for me.
To be honest i was pissed off at my familys reaction to the news i got from my mri,they all thought it was great news that i was having it done keyhole (hopefully) but didnt see that i was doubly worried that i had lesions on my other kidney (is it spreading?) and that i now had a wee blip on my foot.Maybe its just me eh!
Anyway at night my mum,sister,daughter and myslef all went to see my brothers new house,and met his new girlfriend then went for a girly dinner(haggis,mashed tatties,sweed,then apple crumble and cream!) and took great delight slagging him off behind his back about the age diffrence,she is 21 he is 32,saying things like,will she be alound out after dark on school nights ect ect.Got home to Logan(10) moaning his head off as i had gone out when he was at boxing and how dare i...the cheek of it!
Anyway,not phoning the nurse to be mucked about, going to phone my consulants secretary to see if i can see him before my op on the 1st Sep if possible.
Hope the sun is shining where you are and you all have a good day xx
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im sure no one took offence, yep its still funny ... liz x
You are wrong.... I took offence!! - ONLY JOKING!! There's 8 years difference between me and my man and I say its a bloody good job cos if we were the same age, he would look much younger than me LOL.
You just wonder sometimes if these nurses have ever had anyone in their family who have had cancer. If so, would they like thier family member to be treated with such non-challance (spelling?). Hoping and wishing that these lesions turn out to be part of the unique you and not something nasty - sooo understand your worries but hoping they are 'unfounded'. Try not to be too upset with the family, is probably cos they so want to hear good news, that they make 'Ok'ish, unknown' news into good news - its easier for them to handle that way. BIG love and luck Leigh.. and wipe the floor with Debbie at Facebook scrabble next time... either that or delete her from your friends list!!
There's nothing like a good girly gossip to make you completely forget about everything else - it always works for me! Am hoping along with everyone else that when you get more specific news is it further up the good scale than the bad - we're all here either way. FYI - My beloved A is a mahoosive 16 years older than me. Before we found our he had bladder cancer (with severe anemia as a side effect) and he was looking a little ropey, our friends thought I was quite "wearing him out!". Actually, him being a mini superman and all it's the other way round! ;-)
Just read your blogs, think I know how your feeling!! Since I had my kidney removed i constantly wonder about other peoples reaction to my cancer, sometimes i think there not taking this seriously, it's like I got a paper cut or something, or maybe there trying to keep me positive, but I know the score, and sometimes wish they'd stop being so bloody kind to me as this makes me feel ill!!! lol! Anyway just wanted to wish you well for your coming opp, and hope things go well, which I hope they do! xx Jill
