I realise this is a really really long shot, but I don’t suppose there’s anybody around the Heathrow/North Surrey area that would be willing to travel with me in a taxi to my appointment in London on 30th Jan? I’m totally without support. There’s a train strike that day and I’m scared to ride an Uber and navigate the London appt on my own. It’s my pre-op. Bawled my eyes out earlier when I found out the one family member I could ask, wouldn’t come up this way to come with me.
It is what it is - that’s about what I paid for my taxi for my hysteroscopy and also for my operation day taxi. My taxi drivers were lovely and supportive and I think it helped me keep my mental health on a level to be around someone I didn’t know but who was professional and used to hospital runs.
You could call the Macmillan Support Line and ask if you are able to claim a Macmillan grant towards the cost. I managed to get one when I was first diagnosed and it did help.
Jane
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