A longer wait
Nov. 19th, 2024 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smokingbootHmm, R's not well at all.
I've cranked up the central heating and am facing the likely necessity of postponing tomorrow's appointment with the surgeon. Experience has taught me to mistrust tests at least in the early stages of Covid, and right now I would not feel comfortable visiting a hospital given the risks to folk. In fairness, there's nothing to the appointment except checking the wound, telling me whether or not I need op 4, and a discussion of the next step re treatment. Most of this could take place online.
I'll see what can be done.
[Edited to add] Nope.
'He'll want to check the wound,' says his secretary.
Of course he will, even though I can tell him right now it's fine, but OK, let's assume my capacity to miss the thing suppurating or splitting, let's admit he's the appropriate judge of how well it is doing. Surely this is the part that can wait, whereas knowing whether I still have cancer remnants, whether another op is necessary, whether I need radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or both, what treatment we are applying to the lymph nodes... it's a discussion, so couldn't it be dealt with via zoom? It's unfortunate that this may well stretch into December. I understand they like to get radiotherapy underway 6 weeks after the last surgery given a healed wound, so that's some time around 13th December, but as that's a Saturday, call it Monday 15th, assuming they have time and room. From what they've told me, it's likely to be a 5 day treatment and it must happen on consecutive days, taking us to the 20th, close to potential family arrangements. Any complications at this point become ungodly hassle.
I could do without the extra week to fret about it, but I guess this is where discipline and the drive to focus elsewhere kicks in.
I've cranked up the central heating and am facing the likely necessity of postponing tomorrow's appointment with the surgeon. Experience has taught me to mistrust tests at least in the early stages of Covid, and right now I would not feel comfortable visiting a hospital given the risks to folk. In fairness, there's nothing to the appointment except checking the wound, telling me whether or not I need op 4, and a discussion of the next step re treatment. Most of this could take place online.
I'll see what can be done.
[Edited to add] Nope.
'He'll want to check the wound,' says his secretary.
Of course he will, even though I can tell him right now it's fine, but OK, let's assume my capacity to miss the thing suppurating or splitting, let's admit he's the appropriate judge of how well it is doing. Surely this is the part that can wait, whereas knowing whether I still have cancer remnants, whether another op is necessary, whether I need radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or both, what treatment we are applying to the lymph nodes... it's a discussion, so couldn't it be dealt with via zoom? It's unfortunate that this may well stretch into December. I understand they like to get radiotherapy underway 6 weeks after the last surgery given a healed wound, so that's some time around 13th December, but as that's a Saturday, call it Monday 15th, assuming they have time and room. From what they've told me, it's likely to be a 5 day treatment and it must happen on consecutive days, taking us to the 20th, close to potential family arrangements. Any complications at this point become ungodly hassle.
I could do without the extra week to fret about it, but I guess this is where discipline and the drive to focus elsewhere kicks in.
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Date: 2024-11-19 04:18 pm (UTC)Hang in. And hope R just has a bad respiratory infection.
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Date: 2024-11-20 08:42 am (UTC)