Had dentists appointment today first thing. Just a checkup, but I need a filling, book in in for middle of May.
New day, new hospital. This time it's the Royal South Hants, Sam is with me. Nightmare to get to the car park here. In the end we park in a one hour bay on the street outside to get in in time. Still have to wait another hour to get called. Fortunately Sam can go back and get the car back in the hospital car park - there's spaces now.
Meet the doctor - Andrew Davies. Nice guy, has lots of time to explain and talk. He pokes around and checks me out. Pretty confident that it's early stages.
Big shock is the treatment. Mainly chemotherapy to start, looks like I'll feel really bad after that. I might not feel well enough to work. Later it's radiotherapy.
Some talk about going into a clinical trial, this involves using a PET scan to see if the treatment is working, if it is they stop the last dose of Chemo. It would be good to not have to have the extra treament. I think Sam is dubious. We'll have to investigate.
Ask about the filling. The advice is get it done before the chemo. Too much risk of infection and if it flairs up they'll have to stop the chemo to sort it. Went to dentists on way home. They don't have anything in next 2 weeks, but will call if there are any cancellations. They call back later and they can do it tomorrow, good result!
Good chat this evening with Anne and Lynda.
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