Marking Up

Yesterday was “marking up” day.

It was back to the Christie for a CT scan and some permanent marks on my stomach to act as reference points for the forthcoming radiotherapy which starts a week today, Tuesday. I’m a bit disappointed about the delay but I gather it takes a few days for a doctor to overlay the results of the CT scan with the MRI scan results and form a plan of attack so I really shouldn’t complain.

I had a consultation with Dr. K. whom I’ve spoken of before and she took me through the likely side-effects which include an irritated bladder leading to more frequent and painful urination (well, there’s nothing new about that), fatigue and some minor bowel problems. She did say, however, that most people who have been through chemo don’t find the tiredness from radiotherapy as bad as from chemotherapy so if we’ve got through one the other shouldn’t be too bad.

In the meantime, as I have a week of grace, I am going to sit in court on Friday. This will be my first sitting since early Summer so it will be tough but at least it will end my leave of absence formally. OK, it may be mid-November before I am recovered enough to do another session but Jan, our rota clerk, says she can probably fix it so I can come back for mornings only a couple of times until I am fully fit.


Isn’t normal life wonderful!!!