Day 12

Wow, actual cancer news for once!

Went to MK hospital today. Got there at about noon, and talked to the receptionist. She said really I should wait until Monday and be referred through my GP, but she said she'll put me through to the nurse and take it from there.

So we sat, Megan and I, in the A&E waiting room. We waited a while, saw a bunch of limping Brits, then I was called in. I  told the nurse my story, showed her a copy of my USA ultrasound results, and she took a copy herself. She wrote everything down, then said she was going to put me through to the clinic and told me to go take a seat again.

So we waited again. We waited and waited, saw more limping Brits go in and out, and had one really annoying loud sweary chav family come in, shout a lot, sit around impatiently, argue amongst themselves, and then eventually I got called into the clinic.

I talked to an A&E doctor, a Dr Richard Ajuwon. He felt around and read my ultrasound results, and basically agreed with what Dr Berardinucci had said a week prior. He took a urine sample, and got a nurse to try to take a blood sample. Two attempts and four holes on my arm later, she gave up and told the doctor, who then proceeded to take some blood on the first try. He said the urine test came back fine, and told me how things will likely proceed from here.

I will be getting a call some time this week to take another ultrasound. As expected, the UK needs to do their own test, although the USA results probably helped get this all sped up. He predicted it would be done this Wednesday, but that's unknown until it's booked.

He also predicted I would be undergoing surgery come Thursday. Not much time to prepare, but I just want this out of me at this point. I'm sure there will be scans and all kinds of stuff after that, but that's where our conversation ended. Again, not a confirmed date, merely a prediction based on what usually happens to cancer patients.

He also said I should have gone to my GP first, and then something about a two-week waiting period after being referred for all cancer related patients? I must have misunderstood, as that seems insane. Regardless, I am glad I have skipped that by showing up at the A&E today.

So now it's just a waiting game again, and I have to make sure my mobile phone stays switched on. Fun fun.

Oh, and he also suggested I contact a place called CARE, a fertility clinic in Northampton, about getting a specimen frozen before anything is removed. I'll do that in the morning.

I wonder if they ship internationally?