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25 Jul 2016

Feeling good

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Feeling surprisingly okay. Very wobbly yesterday but lots of work to sort. Managed to take dog for short walks but lay down for an hour. I seem to suddenly get very tired in the afternoons. I can’t believe that the … Read More

bowel, polyp, TEMS, transanal microscopic surgery
22 Jul 2016

TEMS Day

by Admin | posted in: Cancer and faith | 0

Picolax may have kept me busy last night but I still need an enema. As long as it works I don’t care. 9.30 Feeling really hungry. Hospital stockings on, haven’t bothered with gown yet. The first one had no ties. … Read More

anaesthetic, benign lesion, biopsy, bowel cancer, bowel prep, fasting, nausea, polyp, TEMS, transanal microscopic surgery
20 Jul 2016

Picolax and Bowel Prep Day 1

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

I’m finding bowel prep a bit stressful because I’m not quite sure how Picolax is likely to affect me nor exactly what I’m supposed to eat. Different people at the hospital have told me different things: the pre-op doc thought … Read More

bowel prep, Picolax, polyp
4 Jul 2016

Pre-op checks

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Blood test. Hospitals like those. Yet another person telling me, ‘So you’re diabetic’. ‘No I’m not but my blood sugar does get low at times’. The pre-op nurse takes the blood sugar issue surprisingly seriously. They recently had a patient … Read More

anaesthetic, bowel prep, low blood sugar, polyp, TEMS, transanal microscopic surgery
11 Jun 2016

You’ve got a letter

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

‘You’ve got a letter’. We’re getting good at recognising hospital letters. Consultant has referred me to super consultant. Super consultant has discussed the scans etc in the MDT (multi disciplinary meeting as we now know) and the consensus was ‘Hmmm’. … Read More

bowel cancer, EUA, examination under anaesthesia, polyp
27 May 2016

Chasing news on bowel surgery

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

Still no news on the bowel surgery option. I ring the consultant’s secretary. I give my name. The tone changes and becomes a little worried. ‘Ah yes. You were supposed to be seen. You were rescheduled’, she murmurs and tapers … Read More

bowel cancer, histology, MDT, polyp, rectal bleeding
10 May 2016

Another sigmoidoscopy

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

I thought that the wait would be interminable but it turns out that if you run a small business there are plenty of things to take your time and exercise your stress muscles 🙂 . Husband stays with me in the … Read More

bowel cancer, dermatologist, mole, polyp, sigmoidoscopy, skin cancer
6 May 2016

Meeting with Colorectal Specialist

by Admin | posted in: Cancer | 0

I have a new appointment with the specialist. It all seems a bit surreal – I haven’t had any symptoms for weeks – bowels bit loose but that may well be stress, no bleeding, no pain and I’ve put a … Read More

biopsy, bowel cancer, colorectal, flexible sigmoidoscopy, histology, polyp, retroverted womb, treatment plan
13 Apr 2016

Colonoscopy day

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

Just black coffee for breakfast. Even though I haven’t had food for so long I really don’t feel bad. The clinic is running late – an hour passes and I’m getting seriously in need of food but I can sit … Read More

colonoscopy, polyp, sedation
4 Apr 2016

Sigmoidoscopy Day

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

Thank goodness I can eat normally until the enema. I have an extra large bowl of porridge and a sandwich just in case 🙂 . Husband drives me to hospital – not long since I was driving him to and … Read More

bowel cancer, enema, flexible sigmoidoscopy, polyp, polypectomy

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