My view - Acute Care Ward - Royal Darwin Hospital. Note stockinged feet. Saturday 13 April 2013 Left for Darwin last Tuesday morning at 6.30am for what was to be a final small operation in the afternoon to remove some precancerous cells that had shown up in the second biopsy/pathology test. I should have known when I turned up the Oncologist … Read More
Shit shit shit shit!
I had a Skype link with Surgeon David Read for the results of the second surgery. Result - They have found some precancerous cells in the margin and he recommends another small operation to remove them! Honestly I felt my breast quiver in pain. I just wanted to cry! Shit shit shit shit! Where does it stop? David explains that these are … Read More
Couch of Coutts 2
Back to hospital I go! WHERE DO I START ? Sooooo much has happened over the past 2 weeks! Following the first lumpectomy the pathology report showed that the surgeon needed to take another 2.5mm off margin to ensure a cancer free barrier. This means a second operation. We drive to Darwin the night before and I wake again to a starve before … Read More
From the Couch of Coutts
COUCH OF COUTTS I haven't slept this much since I was a teenager! In between visitors, Facebook and lots of lovely messages, for the past week I have been sleeping. On the couch or in my bed. The TV has been a constant stream of excitement! I watched the the black smoke emerge from the Vatican chimney...and a day later, the white smoke to … Read More
Time to wake up!
href="https://tonitappcoutts.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc024732.jpg"> Back from Theatre[/caption] As I try to swim to the surface from the black groggy haze I ask 'What is the time?' A voice from afar answers 'It is 5.00 pm.' I can't remember being in recovery, just vaguely some voices telling me to wake up and asking me how I am … Read More
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