pheonixx2's blog

Is it just me or are there others having similar problems? Last week when I first met my Melanoma Nurse (after apologising to me about being left 5 weeks before I saw/spoke to anyone after my diagnosis) she gave me her contact number so I could ring her if I was worried or needed information. We also discussed the need for me to cut down the amount of visits I had to make because of the distance etc. She said she would…

Postman brought my letter from the hospital with my "imminent" appt for my surgery this morning. It's for 29th October.... a whole MONTH after seeing the Consultant from hell and he telling me it would be imminent, within the next 2 weeks. I also had another enclosed letter from the Pre-Op Assessmnet clinic to go in on the 13th for my tests. I am SO fed up, it feels as if everything that was discussed with the Melanoma…

I have not been able to access the internet since Mon afternoon and have been to Essex for father-in-law's funeral and just got back, hence why I have not posted for a while. Well, after 5 weeks of waiting to see the Plastic Surgeon who is going to do my Sentinal Lymph Node Biopsy/skin graft the day came finally on Monday. My wonderful friend came and stayed the night before so we could set off early for my appt in Exeter…

My personal situation is a bit unusual but need to explain before I go any further. I left the marital home 2 years ago after 30 years of marriage to come and live in Somerset (was living in Essex at the time). It was a necessary break for me although still loved husband and he me but due to life/circumstances at the time we couldn't carry on as we were. Our youngest daughter came with me purely because she wanted to…

I have never had a 'Blog' before so please bear with me as this is all new! I will give you a background to why I am here. Last year I was getting terrible pain in the heel of my right foot. I couldn't see why but it got so bad that I went to my GP who diagnosed Plantar Facsiatis(inflammation of ligament in calf to foot). As I worked at the local hospital he said it was common in NHS workers who were on their feet all…