Nearly 3 years ago I was diagnosed with Anal cancer. Just as I was
about to start my treatment they told me I had Breast Cancer, but it was small
so they would treat that after I had finished my first lot of treatment., In
the November my husband found a Melanoma on my back which was cut out. As
everyone says you get quite anxious when you go for your check-ups but on the
2nd anniversary my oncologist told me that I was 80% cured but as a mater of
routine he would organise a scan which he did. I was not unduly concerned so what a shock when I was told I had a 2.5cm
liver lesion. After I had a PET scan they said there was increased
FDG accumulation in the stomach so they would do a scope. After the scope
the Dr said that he had not seen anything but took 3 biopsies. I spoke to
my GP and asked him to go through the results of the scan, as I could not
remember a lot of what the consultant had said, this revealed 4 areas of
concern 2 of which I had never been told about. My head is all over the place, as everyone says they have to note everything
down to cover themselves but I am feeling exceedingly sorry for myself and
wondering if this will be my last Christmas. Four weeks on there is still
no appointment for the liver specialist, the wonderful local Macmillan Nurse
has managed to get a referral to the breast clinic after I asked what was being
done about the other areas of concern and hopefully I should get the results
for my stomach within the next week but I don't know what they will do about
the colon (if anything) which they say is physiological. Why of why can they not have the appointments for any further referrals/
treatment in place when they break the bad news to you. I feel this would
take some of the stress away as you would not be in limbo waiting for
appointments, waiting for results and then getting started on your treatment.
I have found this round really hard to deal with and have been so
angry. I annoys me that I don’t know what I am dealing with and that
other people have all this control over my condition.
