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  • Follow Up Oncology Appointment – 28th October

    HawkeyeBrown
    Before this appointment I was feeling anxious, wondering what will be the next stage of treatment and what all of this can lead to, am I completely in the clear? Will this come back? Do I need further treatment? I really want this all over and done w...

  • Home From Hospital

    HawkeyeBrown
    So after almost a couple of weeks of being in hospital I was back home (it really is a great feeling being back home, as amazing and friendly and helpful as the hospital staff were making my stay as comfortable as possible, being home is great). In t...

  • Basingstoke Hospital – Operation

    HawkeyeBrown
    I will break this section down by dates so to see what happened chronologically, thankfully my wife kept notes from things I said to her and things she was told by the nursing team, so I can paint a picture of what happened during my stay. I will als...

  • In Between Post Chemotherapy Scans and Operation

    HawkeyeBrown
    PICC Line Removed – On 21st July I had my PICC line removed, it wasn’t due to be removed at this point, as it was staying in until I had an operation confirmed date, however. I had had the dressing changed on the Monday (this was the real...

  • Basingstoke Hospital – Hearing From

    HawkeyeBrown
    After the little bit of scan faffing around at Frimley, Basingstoke Hospital contacted me on 27th July to offer me an appointment to talk to a surgeon on Friday 6th August, so I had been accepted by them. Initial feelings were that was good news, tha...
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