MRI RESULTS DUE TODAY


To spend any time with the ones you love is always going to be special to get to spend some of that time on a holiday you never thought possible was just amazing.  Here are just a few snaps from our speacial time together. 




Whilst being away you get time to press that reset button, to forget cancer for a while and to just enjoy the company of the woman i have loved for over 30 years. Time really is  precious. We had a great week in Turkey relaxed and watched the world go by from the beach. On the wednesday before coming home I started to get physically sick, this would last until I got home to Wales. Only in the morning at first but once home it started to worsen, the team at Velindre hospital were amazing and quickly adapted my medication. Things have now thankfully settled down somewhat.

Its now 2.10am on Wednesday 7th September 2022 and im sat in my chair  writing this blog worried about whats going to happen in the later hours of this morning, you see I get the results of the MRI scans today and we know if these show a  significant reduction in my tumours I will be going into hospital for the operation that will potentially save my life. I am so scared right now I just cant sleep. I know I need this operation I know it will save my life but I am struggling to come to terms with having a Stoma for the rest of my life. 

I am glad Deb will be coming to the hospital to get the results with me and I can't thank her company Hafod Housing enough for the support they have given to her and to us.

Its going to be a BIG day today either way as I get the results of the MRI & I have a further consultation later with the team at Velindre hospital then at 6pm I go and get my 5th covid jab. 

Its now 8am 2 & a half hours to go before our appoitment at the Heath Hospital, im trying to keep busy ahead of this. Im so nervours I feel sick. 

I hope I do not have to have anymore  chemotherapy as we know its not been my friend in recent months and I am not sure my body or my head can cope. I am going to try and rest some more before we have to go to the Heath Hospital once I get the results I will update this blog. 

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Home from the Heath hospital good news is the tumours have shrunk enough for the operation to take place, however the tumours are too close to my prostrate for a successful operation so I have been told today to prepare myself for my bowel and bladder to be removed leaving me with not 1 stoma but TWO!!! I was having great difficulty in getting used to one stoma bag now I have to get my head around having two. I am having to have a pet scan to check my bones this will be done in the next week. Then surgery will take place in the next 6 weeks. I am so scared right now but I know I will get through this. I will fight this cancer head on and will come out better and fitter than before. This is not the news I wanted but it's news that will save my life. 

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