Well, sometimes it feels like that.
Just in case you've forgotten, during the checks before my bladder was removed three nodules were found in my lungs and a PET scan showed that one was in an "indeterminate" state and had to be watched. Today was the first of the three-monthly checks to make sure that damned thing isn't growing.
It seems such a minor thing compared to the state of my bladder but one thing I have learned is that cancer can come back and bite you on the bum just when your are least expecting it so I'm not assuming anything before I see the lung consultant for the results of this morning's scan on December 21st.
The scan went off remarkably smoothly and I was back home within an hour of leaving. I arrived five minutes early, I was called in a couple of minutes early and as soon as I stripped to the waist I was on the couch and the machine was running. The scan itself took less than five minutes and by the time I got back to the hospital's main entrance my cab was drawing up.
If I were a superstitious person I would think that such an easy day today can herald only bad news later.
And tomorrow is the follow up appointment after my surgery. They will have the results of the microscopic examination of the edges of the tissues they removed. I hope there is no bad news from that examination and I worry what the next step is if the news is bad.
More tomorrow.
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