Royal Marsden

Sitting on the Gatwick express heading for the airport.... Thought I'd have oodles of time to at least formulate the semblance of a blog post, but we had barely sat down in the waiting room before I was called through ... Mind you, it takes concentration to listen for a "Barbara Lucy" name... Especially as the people called before me I would never even been able to pronounce , let alone shout out.

We left home at 7:30am with lots of " good luck" texts/ messages and emails still ringing in my ears and prayed that the fog that was lingering over the west of the island would quickly disperse.

Our plane managed to land in Jersey ok thank goodness though our flight was only delayed by twenty minutes, but this was made up during the flight. Train tickets bought , one stop on the tube, a brisk walk ( is there any other?) and straight into the Marsden, exactly on time- phew.

I was taken into the "radiation" room, asked questions about allergies, drugs , etc, pumped full of ( a trace!) radioactive substance , told not to hang around pregnant women or small children under 5 for the rest of the day, and then left for an hour!

An uncomfortable 30 minutes lying very, very still with my arms over my head, going in and out of a couple of large whirling polo mints and it was all over, the young man told me I had passed. Not of course with distinction but a pass is a pass, as I'm sure lots of young students on A'level results day will be pleased to see.

Steve led me outside to sit on a bench and eat - having not had anything since the night before and it now being 1:45pm, I was in need of nourishment.

Poor Steve, bless him, he thought that there was a possibility that we would get some results today ( I had a joke with my KG that shame they couldn't see me after and plot the next course of action) , but I saw nobody in he consultant capacity today, just young trained nurses doing their important jobs with some very sick people.

A debate followed between us as to what we do for the rest of the day, and walking in the parks, ( away from the shops) and being a tourist seemed like a good option. Luckily for us it was warm but not really sunny, ( otherwise I would have been sad to miss my sea swims!- aren't I lucky ) .

We sought solace, ( and coolness ) in St Martin's in the field Church, where there was not only welcome refreshment but also a very talented orchestra rehearsing for their performance that evening.

So, to bring everyone fully up to date I know already that I have a wretched cancerous tumour growing , so that is going to be very evident on the scan, the question is are there any others? .

If it's only in one place then 'maybe' I can have some radiotherapy to zap it.. If there's a few "hotspots" I don't know what they'll suggest .

I have a hospital appointment on Tuesday next week ( 23rd) and I need a blood test before, KG is trying to get me included on the MDT meeting that morning, so fingers crossed I get results and can move forward.

I'm having a lovely week with my bro and JW, and it's been good to keep busy, ( well, I'm busy he just seems to be lying around sleeping, nothing new there....)

Taking one day at a time, feeling grateful for what I have got , and as always I'll KBO.....

A HUGE thanks to all you readers out there...







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