I can only apologise for my radio silence. I know none of you would blame me for a moment, but I’m sure you have all been concerned, intrigued, interested… Some combination of all of the above, maybe some other things too. I have not been up to writing at all, and I’m still not. But…
Tag: surgery
Last minute thoughts on this surgery
I’m not like… Worrying about this surgery. I mean… I know the risks. I know it’s huge. I know it could end up being even bigger than they expect. I know things could go wrong. But I’m not lying awake at night worrying. There’s no good in me worrying about it. It’s not like a…
SURGERY MONDAY IS GO!
I always really liked the receptionist in the oncology clinic, but I haven’t been back there in a while. Yesterday I went to surgery clinic and she was there. ‘Jen!’ She called out happily and asked me take a seat That made me smile. I had some meetings with the Speech therapist (Lucy) and the…
CPET issues and successes
So I went in on Friday for a CPET. Basically, it’s a fitness test. I cycle on a bike, they see if my heart can withstand surgery. Sounds simple enough. I went in and they checked my haemoglobin and it was too low to do the test. Wait, let’s backtrack a bit. I’m missing important…
Surgeon meeting take 2
So I met with the surgeon today. We’re aiming for surgery on the 5th of March. That’s soon. When will I find out if that’s going ahead? Hopefully Tuesday. 5 days before I would be going to hospital. Plenty of time for my parents to book tickets to come over, right? Found out I’ll be…
I wasn’t lying when I said the hard bit was yet to come
I had to go in today for photos so they could build some 3D models of my jaw for surgery. Super cool. The photo guy was really nice. Though he confirmed a few of my worries to be true. The surgery recovery will be huge. Really huge. It will be at least a year before…
Chemo at home is fun!
Well. Firstly, chemo is go! My platelets were behaving. Still low but behaving. So now I have this amazing 2 days of chemo at home! Super easy, I just carry around my little ‘baby’s bottle’ as they call it, which slowly diffuses into me over 46 hours! It’s like a big strong rubber balloon that…
The Cancer Chronicles 