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Hello all
I am writing to you whilst scoffing bacon sandwiches, lovingly made by Mr H, and watching Homes Under the Hammer (one of my secret pleasures).
I'm sorry that the last blog was so bleak. It was a blog that was already written it just hadn't been published. It was always the most likely option being that miracles in my world seem to be highly lacking lately.
I told you we were going to go to Scarborough to visit my Dad, Step Mum and the oldest two Hunters as they are on holiday there...
I have my Oncology appointment today at 12:45! I am so nervous, worried of what she will say, frightened that she will take one look at the last two weeks and say that my body can't cope with this. I want this cancer attacked with everything they can throw at it, I want it to suffer as much as it possibly can, to shrivel and be eaten up by my body, as opposed to it eating me! I can feel a marked difference in the shape and size of the main lump and I can't even feel the lump under my arm anymore...
Another night wakening. Have I done the right thing? I definitely should have asked more questions. The outcomes I particularly wanted to avoid at the outset of treatment for my BCC were: a watery eye, a droopy eyelid, an eyelid that turns out showing its red rim. I specifically run the risks of all these developing as my eyelid contracts through the healing process. Except that I have already got a watery eye. The risk of losing some more of my eyelashes prior to surgery was described as a small...
My 3rd operation appointment.
In the event I have been very lucky indeed. I turned up for surgery today. I'd been told that if further tissue had to be removed as well as the eyelid reconstruction, I'd be there all afternoon. I was prepped ready for surgery: blood pressure taken, hospital wrist bracelets on, allergies noted and then a doctor came in and took a look at my eyelid. I learnt that the lab results were clear. Then the consultant looked at my eyelid and said it had healed so well that...
had a hysteroscopy yesterday, it was awful, I'm surprised they don't give any anaesthetic for this procedure, the consultant doing it said you don't really need it done, I don't expect to find anything as the biopsy taken of your cervix came back clear, I said shall we not bother then?, as I had read that the procedure wasn't pleasant. she replied well we mite as well finish the investigation then you will know we ve covered everything.
well once she started the investigation...
The illness came to me in January. It began with a small abnormality, a small number of changing cells most likely, usually go away on their own, easy to treat if we so desire, nothing to worry about. I knew right then, immediately, I just knew. “I’m not having the surgery” I said, not really listening to anything else he was saying. He rocked his head back, leaned back in his chair and laughed, then adopting his serious voice “This will not effect your fertility at all”. He took some cells and some...
