hi folks
today I saw the urologist. The oncologists at the trials unit at UCLH are concerned about my kidney function and reckon the stent in my ureter is blocked. With the amount of pain I’m in, it wouldn’t surprise me. So they referred me to urology. But that’s at the local hospital.
Today I saw the consultant urologist at my local hospital in Maidstone and he agreed. But he’s not sure the kidney is working at all so his plan is a test involving an injection of a radioactive isotope which they then track through the kidneys. If the kidney is working, he’ll replace the stent. That’s a day case procedure but involves a general anaesthetic.
All that needs to take place before October 16 when I am due to start an immunotherapy trial. I also have to fit in a CT scan, a fancy blood test that requires a team from Cancer Research labs to come out with special kit and a biopsy.
So it looks like I’ll either be waiting for hospital appointments or in hospital for much of the next fortnight.
Bother.
These are my girls, all dressed in their bridesmaid finery. They look so beautiful it makes me cry.
And this is the happy couple with my sister, brother in law and niece. The bride is blowing in her sister’s eyes because she couldn’t stop crying.
It was a very beautiful wedding full of love and laughter and tears of joy. I took a two hour nap between the lunch and the evening dance and stayed up until midnight
xxx
Me too Daloni! Your daughters are so beautiful you must be bursting with pride. The photos capture the joy of the wedding beautifully. made all the more special beacause you were there and able to enjoy it. Midnight eh, atta girl 
Good luck this week, will be thinking of you xxx
