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<blockquote data-quote="notned" data-source="post: 1050737" data-attributes="member: 89583"><p>Sorry I disappeared. The last couple of weeks have been a real roller-coaster. A lump formed under my jaw a couple of months after my wife passed away a year ago. For 8 months every test said it was benign. In December I insisted that I wanted it removed which was done on 5 January. On 14 January I was called to a meeting with the consultant who had removed it. It was cancerous - limphoma a very bad, aggressive strain. Since then I've had bloods taken, more bloods taken (I didn't know I had that much in an arm); a PECT scan (they inject you with radioactive glucose!); bone marrow samples taken and an echocardiograph.</p><p></p><p>Today was results day. I'M CLEAR!</p><p>Thank God I had it out!</p><p>They are still going to give me half a course (3 sessions) of half strength chemo just to be sure. Unlike diabetics, cancer patients really do get their moneys worth - I'm not saying they shouldn't, but there is a contrast.</p><p></p><p>The point of my original message was that between the Monday (I ring up for the HbA1c) and my Thursday DN appointment, I do a lot of work poring over meticulously taken blood glucose samples, looking where it may have gone wrong (if indeed it did). Of course my DN gives me the figures when I see her. I could book into my GP and get them too. But relative to a simple number in response to my telephone request doesn't that waste their time? Without the number and my review of my results it just wastes my time!</p><p></p><p>As it happens I was at the chemo clinic before my Thursday DN appointment. I asked them and they gave me the figure. On Thursday I complained at length to my DN who bought me off with a new meter <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> On Friday next I'm with my GP, pre-chemo. Yes...</p><p></p><p></p><p>J.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="notned, post: 1050737, member: 89583"] Sorry I disappeared. The last couple of weeks have been a real roller-coaster. A lump formed under my jaw a couple of months after my wife passed away a year ago. For 8 months every test said it was benign. In December I insisted that I wanted it removed which was done on 5 January. On 14 January I was called to a meeting with the consultant who had removed it. It was cancerous - limphoma a very bad, aggressive strain. Since then I've had bloods taken, more bloods taken (I didn't know I had that much in an arm); a PECT scan (they inject you with radioactive glucose!); bone marrow samples taken and an echocardiograph. Today was results day. I'M CLEAR! Thank God I had it out! They are still going to give me half a course (3 sessions) of half strength chemo just to be sure. Unlike diabetics, cancer patients really do get their moneys worth - I'm not saying they shouldn't, but there is a contrast. The point of my original message was that between the Monday (I ring up for the HbA1c) and my Thursday DN appointment, I do a lot of work poring over meticulously taken blood glucose samples, looking where it may have gone wrong (if indeed it did). Of course my DN gives me the figures when I see her. I could book into my GP and get them too. But relative to a simple number in response to my telephone request doesn't that waste their time? Without the number and my review of my results it just wastes my time! As it happens I was at the chemo clinic before my Thursday DN appointment. I asked them and they gave me the figure. On Thursday I complained at length to my DN who bought me off with a new meter :-) On Friday next I'm with my GP, pre-chemo. Yes... J. [/QUOTE]
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