Thursday 19 August 2010

Consultant's Clinic Appointment

Following Tuesday's sucessful ESU procedure at Frimley Park Hospital I arranged to visit my daughter for lunch yesterday. William, aged 4 and Ellen, aged 7, were keen to show granddad their tree climbing skills:



While I was over at Windsor messages concerning the next appointment were being transmitted not only between Mary, the Nurse Specialist and my wife but also between Gill, the consultant's secretary and home: One advising differently from the other. Finally today Gill confirmed that I would in fact see Mr Singh at an outpatient's appointment tomorrow at 11.30. Gathering from what Mary told Geraldine, I can also expect to have the following procedures within the next couple of weeks:

1. A PET scan at The Royal Surrey, Guildford, probably next week, in order to check if the cancer has spread to other areas.
2. Staging Laparoscopy (keyhole surgery under anaesthetic) at Frimley Park, probably the week after next, so that they can inspect the areas around the stomach, liver and lymph nodes
3. CPX (Cardio-pulmanory exercise) to make sure I am fit enough for surgery.

Apparently none of these appointments have resulted from anything showing up from previous tests - just the process following its due course.

It was also reassuring to learn that I have been assigned to Mary's care for the next five years, including regular check ups until signed off, which means I can look forward to drawing my old age pension after all; unless of course the government moves the goalposts.

By way of an aside I have noticed, during my walks with Chaka, that the woodland floor is dotted with the bright white stems and varying coloured caps of toadstools (Russula fungi) and other mushrooms; so autumn is on it's way folks!  




2 comments:

  1. Just wanted to quickly say 'Good Luck' with your appointment today David.
    Will be thinking about you and hoping all goes well.
    Carole xx

    Lovely pictures of the Grandkids tree climbing, I used to love climbing trees so much - there's something totally amazing about sitting high above the ground in the branches of an old old tree :-)

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  2. Thank you Carole X
    It was comforting to watch the children amongst the trees and that by ignoring the nearby play park, with its shiny coloured climbing frames, in favour of the branches they were keeping the old traditions and pastimes alive. I lived in the woods as a youngster - dirt bike riding, tree climbing, den building, tunnel digging etc for entertainment.

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