Peter's Blog

  • Feeling Like A Burden

    Again I am not sure if this is a normal feeling, but I certainly felt/still feel like a burden to different people. Wife – I feel like a burden to my wife as she has had to do so much for me throughout all of this, ferry me about to all my appo...
  • Follow Up Oncology Appointment – 28th October

    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

    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

    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

    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...