Yesterday, Friday, we had a visit from Elaine, our community MacMillan nurse as arranged to discuss the findings of the MRI scan and to help me make any decisions that I hadn’t felt able to make on Wednesday. In a sense her visit was unnecessary as I had already decided to go with radiotherapy at this stage, a decision which she clearly felt was right. She talked me through the procedures and the likely side-effects and left.
Shortly afterwards I had a phone call from another MacMillan nurse who works closely with Mr. M. the surgeon who would have and will do my surgery should it prove necessary. She seemed unaware that I had decided to go for radiotherapy and clearly wanted me to think again. She told me that radiotherapy can leave tissue damaged and distorted making surgery difficult or even impossible if it is required later.
Eh, What???
This is the first time anybody has mentioned such a possible outcome and I have to admit that it is a little alarming. I will speak to Elaine next week but I doubt if I will change my mind concerning the next step.
I hope I am not going to be piggy in the middle of some rivalry between consultants.
In the meantime apart from the tiredness I am feeling superb and better than for yonks.
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