“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. However, knowing this, one must attend to medical practice not primarily to plausible theories, but to experience combined with reason. For a theory is a composite memory of things apprehended with sense perception.” — Hippocrates, Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and Praxis ... continue reading...
Wednesday 26th May 2021 Cancer Clinic
Back to the cancer clinic Once again, back to the cancer clinic to see my cancer surgeon. This time, with my younger sibling physically present, as opposed to them being on the phone for my appointments. Have I mentioned how much I appreciate my cancer surgeon? He acknowledged that I had said that I wanted a bilateral mastectomy and that he was more inclined initially towards a lumpectomy. Adjust the sails (deploy Plan B) However, with the discovery of cancer in my left breast ... continue reading...
Tuesday 25th May 2021 Left breast diagnosis
Left breast diagnosis Another Cancerversary... This time of receiving the diagnosis of cancer in my left breast. I'm sharing everything so that anyone who is following along at home can get a sense of how intense the process is. So many appointments, tests, and then more appointments. At the same time, I was attempting to move house. Here's an insight into how I was trying to arrange that. So many people had taken the time and effort to have serious, and, I think, quite courageous ... continue reading...
Friday 21st May 2021: Biopsy, Left Breast
Left breast biopsy The day before the biopsy on my left breast I contacted my manager at work and arranged to take extended leave. I had already booked leave from the end of June to the beginning of July. However, I simply couldn't make it to the end of June. So my last day at work was 14th May 2021. Maybe it was easier not knowing that was my last day, I'm not sure. Fluidity and shifting goal posts Cancer has taught me to adapt to shifting goalposts. I've always been a person with a ... continue reading...
Tuesday 18th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 6)
What I shared on Facebook on Tuesday 18th May 2021 as my Cancer Journal Number 6. These cancer journals were my ongoing strategy of keeping people up to date without having to share the same information again and again. I would write, and then I would get specific friends to act as beta readers, and that was helpful. Then I would post to Facebook, send the same message by email, What’s App, SMS, etc. It saved a lot of emotional energy for me, and that was becoming vital. ⭐ Cancer ... continue reading...
Monday 17th May 2021 Arranging the Biopsy
Arranging yet another biopsy. I had this week off work.. it was supposed to be about getting ready to move. Instead, it got devoted to dealing with more appointments, the most pressing of which was arranging the biopsy. There were some negotiations to get the biopsy arranged. The earliest the place that my cancer surgeon recommended could offer was June 01st. The idea of waiting that long didn't seem so great for my mental health. My GP was able to get me in on the 21st May. This sat much ... continue reading...
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