In June 2009 I was diagnosed with a rare abdominal cancer-Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP). At the time I was told that one person in every million per annum would be diagnosed with the disease.Sadly recently this number has been increased to 2-3 people per million per annum. Because of the rare nature of this cancer and the specialist techniques involved in treating it there are only two specialist center's in the UK that treat PMP.
I was treated at the latter and underwent full cytoreductive surgery on 2nd Feb 2010. I spent 12hrs in theater, a week in intensive care and then just over a week on the specialist PMP HDU ward C2.
In Feb 2010 I had my first annual scan and was given the all clear...
However, after my second scan in 2011 I was re diagnosed and again underwent de-bulking surgery in August 2012.
After another brief period of clear scans I have once again been re diagnosed after a CT scan in August 2015. I am now on a watch and wait whilst the hospital assesses whether I need further radicle surgery.
Throughout my experience from diagnosis to present day I have kept a blog recording my experiences,thoughts and feelings as honestly as possible. This can be found at-
http://cavecrawlerstory.blogspot.com/
