ICON9 Trial - Check up the sixth

 Yes - cycled in - made much better time than previously. Probably a wind speed/direction thing plus more navigable traffic but I did overtake one cyclist. On the down side, a car started to turn left just in front of me on Great College Street. Not sure if he stopped when he heard me shriek or if he just saw me in time - will use that as an excuse if my heart is still going pit-a-pat and my blood pressure has rocketed later.

The extra four blood tubes for the research team proved too big an ask for the circulatory system today. Phlebotomist had to make an extra hole in me as the first one dried up after ?two, ?three tubes. But I now consider myself part of the team - so proud - while waiting in the clinic area (1st floor), to pick up my extra research tubes, one of the research nurses asked me to run an errand as I was going back down to phlebotomy (basement). Another patient's tube barcode sticker had obviously been forgotten. I am considered a trusted fixture.

All the usual stuff plus Dr M for Merry, Dr M for Miller being away. Last month's Ca125 still down at 8, bloods all ok and no visible disease on the scan. All good and fully content to pedal home, once I've got the next lot of tablets. 😊

The next conundrum is whether to take myself back to the cinema and theatre - allotment neighbour Lynn has been to the Phoenix twice and is very happy with the distancing...

....well, that was then and this is now. I was happily knocking back my hot chocolate and banana when the research nurse rang to say a couple of the blood tubes were unanalysable - they'd clotted or something. So back to the long queue for bloods again. Then toddled over to the Trials Pharmacy in the main building only to find that they hadn't received the prescription.  After several attempts to phone the research nurse,  I found that the drugs could only be prescribed once the analysis was done and results approved. I've found some lunch,  toddled back to the Macmillan Centre, been brought hot water and Bourbon biscuits and passed the time preparing case notes on a little difficulty we have going on at the allotments. 

It's now five and a half hours since getting here and I've just had the call to go and get the meds. Another LONG DAY!




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