Day 6 Questions Answered – It’s Kidney Cancer
At this point I had seen several doctors and a consultant along with different registrars on ward rounds but still hadn’t received any...
Day 5 High’s & Lows
Yesterday’s embolisation appeared to have worked and the bleeding from the tumor had stopped. The procedure had knocked me about a bit so...
4 Months Post Surgery Progress
I had to leave the blog for a while – it will become clear why once I return to where I left off. Firstly I thought it best to record...
Day 4 – Second Rude Awakening!
Woken this morning by a man shouting a tirade of abuse at a member (or members) of staff, to repeat much of it would mean using the C...
Day 3 – On the Move
My second night had not been good. I won’t get too graphic here but problems occurred when the tubes that were draining out of me got...
Day 2 – The C Word
I can’t say I had a lot of sleep that first night and it was a bit of a shocker to realise I was hooked up to a morphine drip, catheter...
Hospital Gowns and other ‘Accessories’
Unsurprisingly I hadn’t had time to pack an overnight bag…a stay in hospital wasn’t on my agenda for the day when I’d woken up that...
Day 1 – 1 car, 2 ambulances and 3 hospitals
After realising the only way to go was hospital, my husband helped me into some clothes (I was insistent I couldn’t go out in my...
Rude Awakening
Wednesday 13th March 2013 was not a good day. Shortly after waking up I collapsed with a severe pain in my left side. I was rushed via 2...
