Friday 14th November

Since the operation to take a biopsy of a lump in my son’s testicle, he has continued to be sick. Vomiting almost daily. It is maybe just the medication and anaesthetic working through. It was only three days ago. I do hope so. He is left feeling tired and wretched.

The urologist from Torbay phoned my husband this morning. There are small amounts of cancerous cells in the biopsy that was removed. So, our son needs more surgery. Quite soon, before everything has healed, hopefully next week. The testicle will be removed and a prosthetic inserted.

This is crap, as our son now knows how painful the recovery is. And he will get anxious in the lead up to it.

We haven’t said anything to him.

We will wait until the consultant phones.

Perhaps get the Macmillan nurse to talk with him.

Not fair, prickly pear.