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Monthly Archives: March 2016

31 Mar 2016

A week of no appointments

by Admin | posted in: Cancer, Cancer and faith | 2

No hospital appointments. All week. What luxury. Shame we had to waste it on paperwork but it needs doing (if we live long enough to continue our business 🙂 ). Husband is looking far more like himself and can walk … Read More

bowel cancer, SMZL, splenic marginal zone lymphoma
30 Mar 2016

Chasing appointments with the rectal bleed clinic

by Admin | posted in: Cancer, Cancer and faith | 0

I haven’t heard from the appointments team so my GP tells me to call them. If the wait is a month that’s okay, if they tell me it’s 2-3 months I am to tell her so that she can expedite … Read More

bowel cancer, flexible sigmoidoscopy, rectal bleeding
25 Mar 2016

More blood tests

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Time for another blood test. The red cell count is stable (107 today, 108 last time). Clearly that’s good but we’re impatient to see the numbers climb a bit. Dr Inscrutable says it’s impossible to say how long these things … Read More

anaemia, blood tests, Non Hodgkins lymphoma, platelets, red cells, SMZL, splenic marginal zone lymphoma
18 Mar 2016

Post-op wound check

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Husband had another splenectomy wound check today with the GP practice nurse. The little wounds have all healed nicely, the larger one they made to get the spleen out is taking a little longer but is definitely getting there. He … Read More

cancer, Non Hodgkins lymphoma, splenectomy, splenic marginal zone lymphoma
14 Mar 2016

Googling colonoscopy

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Oh boy. It looks like fasting and laxatives are less fun than they sound. I googled some more. The wonderful Lyn Faulds Wood has a video in which she matter-of-factly tells us all to just get on with it – … Read More

bowel cancer, colonoscopy, colonoscopy video, Lynn Faulds Wood
13 Mar 2016

My turn

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

We’ve had another curve ball thrown at us. While visiting Husband in hospital after his splenectomy I noticed a little rectal bleeding. It wasn’t anything dramatic but my heart sank a bit – I knew I couldn’t ignore it. I … Read More

bowel habits, colonoscopy, rectal bleeding, rectal exam
11 Mar 2016

Surprise X-ray and CT Scan

by Admin | posted in: Cancer, Cancer and faith | 0

It’s blood test day, a week since the last one. We’re hopeful. Red cells still 108 (at least they haven’t gone down but it would be lovely if they’d go up) and the platelets are up to 245. Yeahy. Dr … Read More

blood clot, cancer and faith, CT scan, Non Hodgkins lymphoma, prayer, SMZL, splenectomy, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, x ray
4 Mar 2016

More Blood tests & Fruit Tea

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

3 days later and we see Dr Inscrutable. Red cell count is now 108, platelets an awesome 163 (we say awesome, Dr Inscrutable simply says the bloods are improving as expected). The Doc is expecting Husband’s blood counts to continue … Read More

blood test, cancer, Non Hodgkins lymphoma, splenectomy, splenic marginal zone lymphoma
1 Mar 2016

How to cough post-op

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Early o’clock we head off to see Dr Dry Humour. Blood test shows that the infection marker count was high yesterday, probably due to the recent operation. ‘The bowel goes on strike when anything happens in the abdomen – it … Read More

coughing hurts, Non Hodgkins lymphoma, operation, SMZL, splenectomy, splenic marginal zone lymphoma

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