I’m playing the waiting game at the moment. While the surgery to my mouth seems to have removed a large part of the ‘carcinoma‘, this isn’t the end of things. On Wednesday I have a follow-up appointment where I hope to either get the all clear or at least know what the next steps are….
Author: onecrazycook
Hospital Waiting Rooms
Sitting in the waiting room at King’s College Hospital in London, and observing my surroundings, I am amused, but not surprisingly reassured that all hospital waiting rooms are basically the same. Whenever you spend time in a waiting room you will find Rows of uncomfortable chairs bolted to the floor. A badly behaved child, accompanied…
Sundays
Its Sunday afternoon, its cooler than expected. I have a pre-op assessment tomorrow. I feel lonely. Something that strikes me as odd though is that I dont want to be around people. In fact having to deal with people tomorrow concerns me. I know I’ll be fine, and that work in the morning will be…
Eyes down for the 8:08 to London Bridge.
As a disabled passenger on public transport, with a hidden disability, it’s interesting to note the number of “funny looks” you get. It makes me uncomfortable when I consider where the highest number of this looks come from.
Some Relief
After a morning of phone around several medical professionals and being on-hold with a variety of booking lines I now have my dates for the cancer tests. The 4th October I can tell you that I feel a sense of relief that they are actually booked. Hopefully, I can then get some antibiotics to deal…
Hitting a bad patch
I’m struggling to write this post, I just don’t have the emotional energy, but I’m forcing myself. I had a few bad days last week, I assumed it was ‘just a blip’, they happy, and that’s OK. I can deal with that. But, the last few days have been hard work. I went home to…
Travelling North!
Today started early as I’m travelling north to surprise my Mother for her birthday. She thinks that I’ve forgotten. As my folks have a routine that operates like clockwork, I’ve decided to pop up in her favorite coffee shop. Hopefully she’ll notice the large, shaven headed, man sat with his back to the door, that…
Cancer or Not Cancer, another twist in the tale of OneCrazyCook
A week and a few days ago I noticed something unusual that caused me concern. So, I decided to get it checked out.
BBC News: Cancer waiting times ‘at worst level ever’ in England
This is not the kind of article I wanted to be reading just at the moment. Cancer waiting times ‘at worst level ever’ in England – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45508622
National Pain Month – ‘I post photos of myself smiling on Instagram but I never have a pain-free day’
Living with chronic pain from the BBC is a fabulous article that really gets to the heart of what it’s like to live with chronic pain. I know full well how this feels and commend the author for managing to express so well, what it means to fellow sufferers. Well Done Auntie!