There is no substitute for sleeping in your own bed.
After 6 nights on a hospital ward- with the awful beds & all the noise that’s part & parcel of being on a ward- last night, in my own bed, with my own covers felt like heaven.
It’s been a hell of a shock and I won’t lie
I aim to fight. I’m not planning on lying down to die to this
I am back home! Sitting in my kitchen with mum & a bowl of soup.
The news is, sadly, not good. I have stage 4 colorectal cancer.
They have told me that there’s no way to get rid of everything.
So…my odds of getting to see HotD completed just dropped substantially. But you never know.
I fight.
Tbh my head is still spinning with everything, but I’m hoping once I’m back home and in my own environment I’ll be able to get back into something resembling my old routine. And yeah..,it’s more the thought of handling the stoma than actually doing it that’s scary.
I didn’t get to go home sadly. The stoma team wanted to iron things out with me. But today I go!!
They moved my ward and put me in with a bunch of geriatrics - so you can imagine the kind of night I had- so I am so eager to go home
I may get home today at some point!
It all hinges on whether I can get this chest CT scan my consultant wants me to have done.
Once I get that, I can leave.
I have other scans to be done while we wait for the biopsy results (1-2wks) but they can be done as an outpatient.
The support means the world 🫂
Bit of both both tbh. Want home, terrified of what that means. Still hopeful for Monday
I’m getting there. Perhaps not just quite as sore today. I think they are still aiming for a Monday discharge. The start of my long road
It has not been easy. &it’s gr8 to know your here My head is going a mile a minute trying to process everything. I think they are aiming to have me home on Monday at some point. They just need to train me up on how to do the whole cleaning and changing of the stoma- which has been a learning curve.
They haven’t even started on the cancer yet. They’ve taken biopsies to figure out staging and they’ll take it from there. Minimum I’m looking at is more surgery & chemo. The bag may or may not be permanent- don’t know yet.
Thank you so much! Got my stoma bag, trying to figure out my new normal. The post op pain has hit with a vengeance today. Likely looking at 3-4 more days in here ❤️
I’m still here!!!
Thanks ❤️
That means a lot. Knowing I’m not alone - even virtually- means a lot
Thanks Pat
Just knowing you’re all here helps a lot
I’m going in for surgery in an hour . I have no idea what stage it is our what my outcomes are likely to be. Came in for a scan, got told I had cancer and needed emergency surgery
It’s been a day. I’m going into theatre tonight
The news is not good.
I have cancer.
He’s perfection! And I’m always here for more Scots in asoiaf shows!
It’s a sign
To round it out to a top 10, I’d add IWTV and Outlander
Star Trek DS9
The XFiles
Babylon 5
BSG (2003)
The Expanse
Wheel of Time
GoT/HotD/AKOTSK universe
Fallout
Legend Of Vox Machina is back for season 4 on June 3rd!
Let the season of heartbreak commence! (Iykyk)
Hopefully by the end of the week we’ll all be in a much better position.
Or at least not feeling like shit anymore 😂
A positive wish for everyone
And it’s come at the worst time personally.
My mum has sciatica & can barely walk the length of herself right now & my 85 year old stepdad was just diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday.
We are the three cursed horsemen of the apocalypse, evidently
It’s been…rough.
Ended up at the out of hours dr last night. All they could do was give me a job for nausea and tell me the bloating should dissipate in a few days.
Meanwhile, I can barely eat and I’m doubled over in pain. Not my best week, all in all.
