Results Day

May 16th

Yet another appointment, really does feel like this bastard of an illness is taking over my life.

Met with the lovely Joanna Franks again today with Nick and she had all the results back.  The purpose of all the other biopsies on the left boob was to check and double check what is going on inside the left so that doing a mastectomy is the correct thing.  Well, it seems like there is a right old party of cancer going on in there and yes we have to shut it down! The party police are coming.

When the plaster and steristrips were taken off the biopsy boob it looked like I had been in the ring with Frank Bruno, my boob is so yellow and bruised.  Joanna Franks told me to take Arnica to reduce the bruising before the op.  Never thought I would hear a traditional medicine doctor talk homeopathic remedies.

That known, a date has been set for the 23rd May.  So soon? Yup it’s got to go, left and right.

I have signed all consent forms, discussed the operation in great detail again, aftercare, recovery, pain, length of stay, visiting hours you name it, we discussed it.  4-hour op, 5 -7 days in hospital, plenty of pain relief, (I’ll have my own party going on!)   I’m told for the first 12 hours I might talk gibberish which  will be interesting for all those around me.  Might be fun to see if I can write a post while high on pain relief and give you all a laugh.

As Nick and I left the consulting room I though “Ok, thats it, see you next week” but no….got to go back Friday for two more hours of pre op tests.  Will it ever bloody end?What more can they do to me I wonder, well I quest i’ll find out on Friday.

P.S. Toe nails hospital ready.  Went and had a pedicure today.  Now have neon pink nails, so when I go into theatre iI can look at them, think they look pretty and  smile.