What comes next? 5.6.18

















Surgical consult today - Chris and Maddy in attendance too - CT scan of 25 May showed a good response to the chemo, with shrinkage of some tumours and some no longer evident. So as long as staff and the post-anaesthetic care unit (PACU) are available, I will go under the knife on 13 June for 6 hours. There will be a lot of rummaging about, deep inside my personal space. She now thinks there's a reasonable chance I'll get away without a stoma, but there are  no guarantees and the scan doesn't tell her what a good look and a poke about will. 

If there's a shortage of staff or PACU, I might get bumped to the next day (maybe with a different surgeon) or have another chemo sImage result for Far Side Workession instead with the surgery put off for another three weeks. 

As long as they can avoid this scenario from Gary Larson's twisted imagination, I'm pretty confident I'll be OK. 

Mums' funeral is on 7 June and I'm supposed to be finalising my draft of what I'm going to say - blogging as displacement activity anyone?

















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  1. Unknown7 June 2018 at 13:50

    Dearest, I hope your mum's funeral went well today. I bet your eulogy was a great tribute and honoured her achievements and the loves of her life. What a tender day. Sending you big love x

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