*RESULTS DAY!*
Appointment finally came through for 3.40pm today. Was more nervous waiting for this than ANYTHING in my whole life. The 30 minute delay didn't help matters, nor did one of the nurses wanting to whip me in for a quick blood test.
Anyway...good news. Only a small patch of shadowing left under my breastbone. None in the glands at all. Consultant thinks it's most likely to be scarring. He said that in the past they would have administered a short course of Radiotherapy to the area, but now they do a PET scan first. He wasn't entirely sure what this involves as the technology's quite new so I'll look it up on the internet later I think. Maybe you select a pet of your choice and take that along to be barcoded. Maybe not.
Apparently scan's done at Royal Surrey hosp in next 2 weeks so made another clinic appt for 31st October to get the new results.
Very relieved but also a bit frustrated that he couldn't sign me off so to speak. However, none left in the glands and the large patch under breastbone had shrunk to 3.5 x 2.5cm at halfway point and is now 2.5 x 1cm. Also, he seemed pretty sure that it's just scarring and they have to give worst-case scenario so fingers crossed for all-clear on 31st!!
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