Category: January 2024
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Saturday, 13 January 2024
We wake to an absolutely stunning day. We park the van at the beach and set up a shelter as close as we can to the high tide mark as the black sand feels like it’s on fire. Then it’s into the surf for some body boarding. The water is surprisingly warm (once you’re in).…
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Friday, 12 January 2024
I have the PET-CT scan today. Uncle J drops me off and will pick me up afterwards, in about 2-3 hours. I am familiar with the format of the scan – IV line put in arm, blood sugar test taken, wait 30 minutes. Radioactive tracer given in IV form, wait one hour. Have scan –…
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Thursday, 11 January 2024
I am supposed to go and get my second three monthly Goserelin injection today but I call the hospital to cancel the appointment. As my cancer is now hormone receptor negative, endocrine therapy will no longer be effective. With such a rapid recurrence I’m not sure that it ever was. Anyway, I don’t need to…
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Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Susannah takes me to the pelvic scan appointment. The first thing the technician asks is Do you know why you need this scan? No, I say, I don’t. Apparently neither does he. The referral requests a check for fibroids in my uterus however I had a previous scan in late 2022 that confirmed fibroids in…