My bowel and other parts

  • 8th June - appointment with surgeon

    We were the last appointment of the day and went in just over an hour late, it was an anxious wait. The surgeon explained everything very clearly and answered our questions fully so I didn’t mind the wait, we certainly didn’t feel rushed....
  • 1 June - I phone the hospital after a week of silence

    Tuesday after a bank holiday and a week after the MRI I decided it was time to chase things along. I phoned the nurse team and asked what was happening. I was told that a letter was in the post with an appointment to see the consultant, or one of his...
  • 25th May - MRI

    Again all went to time despite it being quite late in the afternoon. I had no problems with the MRI and was amused by the hologram of a beach with flying birds and falling coconuts. Slightly bemused afterwards as I was ushered out and nobody told me ...
  • 20th May - Hoping for gallstones

    I received a phone call from the nurse. She said the CT scan had shown the tumour on my bowel and something small near my liver that was probably unconnected possibly gallstones, I needed an MRI to be sure. I asked how large the tumour was and was to...
  • 18th May - CT scan

    The worst part of this was remembering not to eat! The bowel prep wasn’t too bad.  I think I went into my appointment slightly early and it wasn’t too bad an experience.  I was asked which was my best arm for veins and I said &l...