I’m not going to fanfare yet as I have a CT scan coming up on Thursday and who knows what little gems they may discover. Sad to say the ‘lost’ left kidney must have gone into a sulk as I am now in the agonising process of trying to pass a kidney stone. Dr U could just about detect it on my last CT scan - why didn’t they mention it?? I could have had preventative treatment rather than risk giving birth!! Unlike pebbles, they seem to have very sharp edges so it’s no fun!
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Friday clinic was more calm and sane than last time and the news was good. My MRI shows NO CHANGE and, although I do have a new skin met, my bloods are all good this time so Dr U believes there is “nothing significant” happening. We did talk about Trodelvy - he believes NICE and Gilead will compromise in the face of such vocal opposition (heartfelt thanks if you signed Breast Cancer Now’s open letter - 94,000+ signatures now and they need 100,000). He says we should cross that Trodelvy bridge when we come to it so I have more peace of mind now. Who’d have thought that I would actually believe what I’m told on trust lol!
Boots don’t deliver on Bank Holidays so I wouldn’t get my chemo meds till Tuesday, which is too late. So we had to sit and wait. And wait. And wait. After two whole hours of waiting, I went to ask what the problem was - no blood results. So off we traipsed to track down the ‘fast-tracked’ blood samples (achieved second time with minimal bruising this time). The delay was in the lab. Sainsbury’s was delivering at 1pm, which seemed a safe enough margin for a 9.30 appointment, so eventually we had to just leave it. When we got home, I found two 9-tablet doses (from times when I just couldn’t face them) so I rang to arrange Tuesday delivery, rather than driving all the way back in rush-hour to collect them. Can you believe I was told they could add them to an afternoon delivery in this area!! They arrived at 4.30. A wasted morning when I’d planned to stop off for a late breakfast somewhere.
Meantime, I’ve had a couple of days of glorious sunshine to sit and read in the garden. I’m reading Tiny Songbirds Far Away for book group - about the harsh realities of life in Nigeria last century - which is quite interesting but not engaging and, on the kindle, The Dictionary of Lost Words, which had me hooked by the end of the first page. I’ve a long way to go - it may yet lose its appeal.
Enjoy your Bank Holiday, everyone, rain, shine or kidney stone xx
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