Friday 10th May

We drive to our local hospital hoping for answers; but we come away confused and scared.

The results are not yet back from histology for either my back or my foot. The one from my back is being tested again, as it has proven to be inconclusive, and needs a second opinion. The nurse asks if I want her to phone me if she can find out the results. I say I would like to know.

The conversation then turns to looking at possible courses of action. She said the South West is in the forefront of new research, trialling new drugs and managing the disease. She said I would probably have a sentinel lymph node biopsy, to see if anything had spread. By then I think I had switched off, I didn’t want to hear anymore, I just wanted to go home.