Hi Jolamine,

You have that correct re faint hearted. I think I just switched myself off in advance,and didnt overthink things.

A young student nurse asked to watch procedure of 4 radioactive injections into tumour. Consultant gave her the job of grasping my tongue with a swab. As I was watching her face she looked ill. Afterwards she told me that Im the bravest woman she has ever met. Ha looks are deceiving! Mind you she was pulling my tongue against my teeth and it hurt,but I didnt tell her that :-)

Kindest regards & keep well xx

Forgot to say my results are 4weeks following op feels such an age,was too dopey to ask questions after op unfortunately.

Hi Hazel

I surely will let you know how it goes. Being the woose that I am its fingers crossed for no RT!

Read your update on your post. Two mountains!! Are you superwoman??

Photos are smashing you both look so well.

I am sure John doesnt get fed up listening to any complaints from you.He will just be happy that you are there to make any complaints :-) But you already know that.

Hair looking good too. Im going to treat myself to a salon do as well!

Take care keep well xx

Hi Clara,

I know how it feels when it takes so long to get results. I had 2 excision biopsies for Melanoma nearly 2 weeks ago. I was told to return in 1 week to remove the stitches from my face and 4 weeks for my pathology results. When the appointments came through, i got the one for a week, but the other was for 4 months. I phoned my consultant's secretary and was told that this was the first available appointment. She said that the only way to get an earlier appointment was to phone regularly in the hope of getting a cancellation.

I went back on Monday. and, I got the same nurse who assisted at my biopsy. When I told her that I had got an appointment for 4 months instead of 4 weeks, she seemed very concerned and went off to find my plastic surgeon.

When he came in he advised me to phone his secretary again and to tell her that he had advised me to phone her again. The previous week he had asked me to photocopy a letter I had received from the dermatologist, advising that she would only look at the lesion I was referred for and no others. He has been getting a lot of requests from patients to look at other lesions and, this letter would explain why. As cancer lead for the area, it is up to him to change this process, so, he was keen to see this for himself.

I guess that he then had second thoughts, or decided that one good turn deserved another. Next thing I knew, he was on the phone to his secretary himself. When he returned, he told me that he had rushed my biopsies off to pathology as an emergency and, that the results were back. The face is completely clear and the leg looks as if it is also clear. The presentation of both had looked suspect, which is why he biopsied them and, he still had to discuss them at his MDT. He then discharged me. Hopefully, I’ll not get a recall after his MDT and, I’ve been on Cloud Nine since – it makes such a pleasant change to get some good news.

How are you coping at present? I hope that your pathology results are reassuring. Don't forget to let us know the outcome. We are always here for you.

Thinking of you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Clara.

thanks re hair didn’t want to get it chopped but agree it does look better ,itbwas just the fact that the cancer made me have it cut that I moaned about. 

Yep 2 mountains the 2 nd one included being on a blooming goat track with precipititious drops in one side I did try pullingbyhe cancer card out but got shirt shrif from John lol .am findingvthe exercise is really helping the road to recovery strange as it may seem.

sont panic if yiu have to have r t we will get you through it 

i know that John is really a guy of few words probably due to being a coal miner he finds it hard to expressing himself sometimes  

keep in touch anither 32 km today oops

h 

Great news re melanoma yiubare due some good news

hazel

Hi Clara my arch was also removed tonsil melted away during r/t I found out other week. Hey ho 

h 

Hi Hazel,

Many thanks - I'm still finding it hard to believe my good fortune this time.

I'm glad to see that you are enjoying your hols. I'm in awe of how active you are!

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

     Hello Clara great to read you are getting through the hellish time you have had,  getting back to normal takes a while but you will get there! yes lots of drinks and food dont seem to taste the same even 2 years later i dont enjoy my food at all the way i used to...infact i dont eat that much any more can go a couple of days with out eating if its not soft then dont want it because i find it hard to break it down... think it affects every one differently.       God Clara to have your palate removed up to tonsil piller!... how do you manage to eat, swallow food?? I couldnt even drink water properly had to take small sips...you are doing so well you really are... keep it up Clara you will get ups and downs too we all have, but wer all here for you lots hugs best wishes always> your friend dee xo

Hi Hazel,

It's just as well you were as fit as you were last year. I'm sure that all that biking in Spain has helped to pull you through the nightmare you've endured in the past year. Long may you continue on this onward and upward path, or road in your case.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx