Next official appointment is with the District Nurse to remove my stitches on Monday, then on Tuesday the stoma nurse comes to tell us the results of the lymph node biopsy. Until then we'll have a relaxing time and prepare me for tacking Carrow Road steps on Sunday. When I was saying anything to get discharged I offered to watch from home on BBC but the Junior Docs were adamant I should go the match - good dinner party anecdote I guess.
Got the Ashes highlights online and been waited on by nurse Shell. Reading yet another book in which a character has colon cancer. The upside of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest is that Lisbeth Salander, ill in hospital, still manages to kick ass. And I'm sure the Swedish hospital she's in would have had a swankily furnished room specially for poo bag training.
Richard, a fellow patient, gets out today. We played scrabble in the day room yesterday while we waited for my drugs. He had a similar experience to mine and was surprised at the pain when the epidural finished (tho his was worse because the epidural came out prematurely). His cancer was picked up early by using the national screening programme kit. I hope we bump into each other again in several years time at a clinic giving us both the all clear. He was rubbish at scrabble though.
So glad that you are back at home and being looked after by Nurse Shell.
ReplyDeleteBetter watch out for those steps...can't they get you down on the touchline with Lambert...lovely view.
I think he's been banished to sit next to me this week.
ReplyDeleteMake sure you wrap up warm if you're going to the match! And yes, I know I'm not your mother.
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You can be my mum anytime Peter ( although that's obviously physically impossible - you're way too young!)
ReplyDeleteYes I'm starting to get cold feet - let's hope it's warmer tomorrow. Wrapping up warm doesn't make for an easy time in the loo! (I learnt that in my training)
Mmmm. Not sure I am that young. But sweet of you to say it!
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