5:25am [started to type]
Been up all night
Head in a spin
Hardly surpising since I have a lot to be thinking about regards my treatment plan for my T2 anal cancer following my initial appointment with my oncologist on Friday afternoon. [39 hours ago] Going to be a real roller coaster ride for the next 6 months at least.
I started off by pointing out I am a theorist, I will want to research and understand process.
I already understand a lot of the / terms/ buzz words / acronyms / abbreviations / from supporting my wife sucessfully through breast cancer 11 years ago, dealing with my deceased younger brother's agressive brain cancer 18 months ago, and supporting my mum recently through the death at home of my father who had prostate cancer and Hodgkins Lymphoma.
After the inital shock of hearing my family history my oncologist knew not to bother sugar coating anything or be talking around things or waste any time having to over-explain things. She is lovely, as is her registar. Both empathetic, truthful, to the point. Which is just what I want. Just what I need. [not right for everybody though]
My full body PET-CT identified a hot-spot on one side of my prostate, for which I have already been referred to Urology, as well as a hot spot in a lung, which will be investigated with a chest CT
MRI pretreatment scoping scan will be back end of this coming week
Still recovering from my third colorectal surgery in the last 4 months. The last surgery 21 days ago removed a significantly sized polyp and its root
This all started 7 months ago with what I thought was a troublesome internal haemorrhoid and a positive FIT test . . .
Onwards . . .
Note to self: you must get your sleep pattern re-regulated
Actions required: keep a simple, factual continence diary [ I've been struggling with continence since this last op]
