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My dad was diagnosed in June last year. It was a really hard thing to hear and made no easier as I as the one who had to tell my brother. A coupe of months later he had a big operation on his neck which we were told would take about 3 hours - so I was mentally pacing after 6 hours and he was still in theatre. The operation was complicated but successful and my dad spent a couple of days in intensive care before being moved onto the ward.
Once he had recovered sufficiently from that, he had 6 weeks...
On November 12th my mum was making home made pickled onions for the first time. She was boiling vinegar and chilli for the onions to go in. The smell of this made my dad feel yukky and this is when the cough first started. The cough carried on and everytime we prompted him to go to a doctor he said no as associated the cough with being because of the boiling vinegar. Then nearly a month ago my mum finally persuaded him to go as he was coughing more. The doctor he saw was not the usual doctor and...
Well five weeks ago i knew very little about testicular cancer but , you know what . Im pretty hot on it now ha ha . friday morning was weird as three weeks before i was in the GPs office disscussing a lumpy thing i'd found. "oh" said he, "go here." "Ok said i" so off i trotted to the urology department to get poked a prodded and have blood tests and ultrasounds done. that was a fun day . (oh if having an ultrsound wait for the jelly to be cleaned off before pulling...
This should be short (yeah right, heard that before.... you say)
So, last night I spent a long time fathoming out how to get wee in a bottle. I know for blokes it's pretty easy and most women manage somehow, but since my RT, my wee has no direction I think due to loss of fatty tissue or something and it goes absolutely anywhere and everywhere....
Funnels, buckets, cones of cardboard, jugs you all suggested....I never knew you lot were such wee collection experts! Eventually, after several gallons...
