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So from my GP requesting an ultrasound scan of my neck to investigate the lump and me physically being laid on the bed receiving it only took 2 weeks. I laid listening to the radiographer telling me I had lumps on my other side of my neck too and how she was going to type up my notes that very day so if I wanted to visit my GP the following day they would be there waiting. I knew this was serious because all the scans I've had over the years I've been told 'it'll take 10 working days'. My scan was...
So it has been 5 months since my GP told me my lump 'was normal and nothing to worry about' but I knew she was wrong. In February I visited her again and told her I had a further lump behind my ear and that I was tired most days and short of breath. She requested a full blood count and put traces on my lymph nodes. The following week my results were back and showed an abnormality in my lymph nodes. She referred me for an ultrasound scan of my neck to see what was going on. I was beginning to worry...
So several month have passed since my GP told me the lump in my neck was normal. Working long hours and renovating a new house I was so tired on a daily basis. I was constantly complaining I didn't feel well but couldn't specify why. I just 'didn't feel right' for so long. Then one day in February 2017 I felt another lump behind my ear on the same side as the other. I started to google lump in neck and within a very short time had realised I had more symptoms that were worrying. Fatigue, shortness...
So I went to see my GP about my lump in September 2016. The month I was turning 40. She asked if I'd had a sore throat to which I told her I hadn't. She asked if I'd lost any weight which I had. She told me I'd probably had tonsillitis and my gland had 'forgot' to go back down. I told her I hadn't had tonsillitis but she sent me away reassuring me everything was fine as I wasn't obviously poorly.
I believed her because I didn't feel unwell, maybe a bit tired but...
I had this lump in my neck, not sure how long it had been there or even how I noticed but it was just there one day and I remember thinking to myself 'that doesn't feel right'. Never thought much more about it being so busy with life until one day I met a lady through work. She was telling me about her thyroid cancer she had some years before and the lump she had in her neck. Got me thinking about mine again and I told her I had a lump. Go to the doctors and get it checked she advised. So I did....
I'm sure there are a few single folks out there, both old and young alike, as well as those of us in the middle somewhere. I'm also sure, that everyone is single for very different reasons to one another that cover the full spectrum of emotions and circumstances. I'm also sure, that we're all bombarded every single day with images and messages that tell us that being alone is wrong, and that we need another person there in our lives to feel complete, to be seen as a success. Well, I'd like to know...
Hi, My name is Alec I'm 22 years old from London.
I'm not really sure about blogging or if this is even the place to be writing this, but I needed a space of my own for my thoughts.
In August 2016 my father was diagnosed with Terminal Lung cancer and given a life expectancy of 18 months. Now To say we didn't see it coming would be a lie, dad was a heavy smoker and still does smoke, so it wasn't a complete surprise that this had come around.
But for me at the age of 22, I didn't know...
Well I am back home following my axillary clearance surgery on Saturday - the hospital staff were so lovely, every single one of them, and as I had to stay in overnight due to my ridiculously low blood pressure, I met quite a few.
It was strange as I spent almost five hours in recovery - apparently the ward won't accept you until your BP is above a certain number - but there was music playing and the recovery nurses have to be some of the happiest people in the hospital.
I feel okay at the moment...
I've just realised that it's exactly 1 year ago that I started this blog and my journey.
I've had 6 months of chemotherapy, the removal of my large bowel and my bum and I'm sitting in a hospital bed with less than half my liver.
I'm still here and I intend to be here a damn sight longer!
Thank you all for your love, support and positively.
First off, as a random aside, LID is well and truly out of the window today as lunch consisted of a bed of a sandwich. It was a mattress made of Hovis seeded bread, with a mattress cover of butter, made up with a sheet of tart mayonnaise. Then prawns and perfectly ripe avocado were tucked into bed, with a duvet of smoked salmon. I was planning a yoghurt as pudding, but after one slice, I felt ill so had to give up on food for now. Least it all keeps. 
Anyways, onto the random thoughts that began...
