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  • 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...

  • Post Chemotherapy Scans

    HawkeyeBrown
    On July 4th I was back at Frimley to have both my CT and MRI scans to see how the chemotherapy had affected the tumour in my bowel and what the next step would be. Thankfully I managed to arrange these to both take place on the same day. Due to requi...
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