After 35 years of not being able to empty my bladder properly, I’m off to have surgery to find out what’s going on.
Hospital
13 Weeks Pregnant: A magical moment ruined
I’m now 17 weeks pregnant, but I wrote this post when I was 13 weeks pregnant… I’d been excited about my dating scan since I lit up those two little pink lines on my cheap Wilkos test strip. SD is back in the county after going to his parents for Christmas and we’d planned to spend […]
Tiny’s weekend in hospital with Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
Last week, Tiny was poorly. At the start of the week she had a fever and a sore throat, so we kept her dosed up with Calpol and Ibuprofen. On Wednesday night, we took her to the out of hours doctors, when she developed a purple dot rash on her legs, which didn’t fade when pressed with a […]
That first post-cancer check up
My 6 month post-cancer check up with my consultant oncologist got a little bit delayed, due to a bout of depression and a phase in which I kept cancelling my appointments. It ended up being a 10 month post-cancer check up. I dutifully popped to the hospital to get my bloods taken the week before, […]
Post-surgery update : Ectopic Pregnancy
Last Thursday I was in Gloucester Royal Hospital with an ectopic pregnancy, having a Laparoscopy (camera and probes in the belly) and one of my fallopian tubes removed. This was keyhole surgery, although I must say – my surgeon must have some rather large keys on his keyring, as my scar is over an inch […]