Monday, a day of hospital. I woke up up after yet another tricky night, not really feeling right at all but wake I did. Before I can do anything a friend rings and we chat about holidays and how we are. She is the first person I’ve talked to outside the household for days and was very welcome. I took my vitals and got up and had breakfast in my kimono on the patio as the sun was shining. A shower followed and by the time I had dried off I was knackered and needed a rest. My partner plaited my hair before we left for the hospital for me to have my ultra sound scan. We left early because the scan was to be done before I saw the consultant. By the time we got to the hospital I was shaky and tired so the long walk to outpatients 2 was a demanding one. Once there I presented my letter and took a seat. A nurse made an apologetic announcement that that the IT had gone down and there would be a delay getting the clinic started but another nurse appeared with paper work for me to go to x-ray to have my scan.
My partner and I found our way to the department with my clutching my A ticket and waited a short while before I was called in. Two scanners gelled me up and did the scan, it was a quick but sticky process. Clutching a wodge of tissue to get the scan gel off me I got off the couch and got back into my clothes before returning to my waiting partner. We returned to the original waiting area before being called in to see the consultant. A nice bloke who asked questions, and showed us the scan results. It turns out my oncologist was right, my abdominal lumps are residual fatty scar gunk, so not something to worry about, except they ache and hurt enough at night to keep awake, so we discussed pain control. Paracetamol seemed to be favourite, failing that patches. The later I could get from my GP. So we left and went to the hospital restaurant for an unhealthy snack before retuning home.
Once home, I drifted not knowing what to do with my self until the evening came and went. I took my meds and after a little while took two paracetamol to counter the the abdominal ache and went to bed. Here I am at 4:30 in the morning unable to sleep adn drafting the blog. Another hideous night. My hope is that exhaustion over takes me and I get some sleep in to the morning.
