August 17th 2007 Hi Gary, Just to let you know, my oncologist has arranged for me to have a C.T. scan early September so you will have the report and everything when I visit you on the 25th September. Also I have been curious – yup “in the middle of the night scary dark thoughts” Continue reading “An Email to my Surgeon”
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26th June 2007
The last round of chemo was god awful and have suffered a week of ulcers and then digging myself out of that hole and my blood count – hemoglobin is 87 which is close to a transfusion point, has made me very weak, and just doing a simple task, exhausts me, it is as if Continue reading “26th June 2007”
Post Opp (14th May)
(New arm with Fibula and titanium rod clamped in, Carpal and radial bone removed along with the tumour) New arm May 2007, tumour, radial, and carpal bones removed & replaced with fibula Operation took 5.5 hours, very complicated, but Dr French very happy with result. Extra carpel bone removed around infected radial for extra preventionContinue reading “Post Opp (14th May)”
Unsure of things before removal of radial
I can’t shake this anxiety pain in my chest – I usually take paradex but for some weird reason, I am only allowed panadol – it is strange. I can’t stop thinking of what Dr French said in Auckland………….”it can metastasize inside the bone”, “there is a 60 – 65% chance you will get throughContinue reading “Unsure of things before removal of radial”
May 8th 2007
We travelled from Hamilton up to the Manukau Super Clinic, Auckland to visit my surgeon. The visit was encouraging but also at the same time what he said made the reality of my situation more real which up until now did not think about or accept . He scared me with the statistics of thisContinue reading “May 8th 2007”
Manukau Super Clinic
I am off to Auckland tomorrow for a consult about my operation at the Manukau Super Clinic on the 14th May – this will be cool as I will get all the details – wicked. There is a chance I could wake up without my hand though. When they open it up and they think,Continue reading “Manukau Super Clinic”