So we just got a letter in to tell us that the appointment we booked for James to go to oncology on the 11th August has been cancelled and put back to the following week the 18th August. Now we don't know if his treatment will start on the 12th August as we take it this oncology appointment is to go over some final details before he starts his treatment. Then again my mind is going into overdrive because now I am wondering why they have cancelled the 11th August as have they found something else via his blood test they done before we left on Thursday?? Why do all these letters come at the weekend when you are trying to relax and just forget about things for a couple of days and it just f**ks everything up again?? Now we have to phone the hospital on Monday to find out what happens if the treatment will still start when scheduled or if that will need to be put back as well. It wasn't our regular oncologist we seen on Thursday but one of his colleagues with a `foreign` sounding name I didn' t even get. These things are definitely sent to try us.
Vicky x
Honestly I would not make that leap at all to conclude it’s something sinister . More likely it’s a scheduling problem . Glasgow and Clyde have significant staffing issues just now between covid absence ( remember health care staff are not to go to work if they have it ) and annual leave for holidays season . They probably can’t fit him in . I would also doubt his blood test would be through the system yet .
Full steam ahead for your weekend plans . Get them back in gear . It might even help with the transport issue in your family .
Try and relax . Anxiety is so heightened around things like this , everything and anything pings us .
Try and do one nice thing for both of you today away from cancer /hospitals .
Its all in hand .
Court
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