Peter’s Hospital Diary

Hmm – I’ve just had a phone call from St Thomas’s asking me if I am free for a PET scan on Friday. Now I wasn’t expecting to have a PET scan for another 6 weeks or so, so this came came as a bit of a surprise. However I have just rung Linny, and it appears that the biopsy of the lump shows that it wasn’t as benign as the Fine Needle Aspiration indicated, so the PET scan is to see if the lymphoma (I almost feel like the wizarding community saying ‘Voldemort’) is local to the lump or has re-appeared anywhere else. Not good news.

However, tomorrow I am going up to Guy’s (early!) for a chat with them and discuss the possible options. You may recall that we did touch on that when the lump first appeared, but I guess (and at this stage it is only a guess) that the options might include local radiotherapy, some donor lymph cells to trigger off GvHd again, or perhaps the Thalidomide. But this is just speculation – more tomorrow and after the PET scan. It’s funny though, I had a feeling I had a touch of GvHd return last week…

Meanwhile it has been a good week (up until about an hour ago!). I went to the Southampton boat show on Saturday, and saw some lovely yachts (motor and sail, but sadly my lottery numbers didn’t come up, so they will remain a dream for the time being.

I went back to work on Monday – my jaw is still a bit stiff, but easing as time goes by. Next week we are (were? – depends on tomorrow!) going away for a few days in Cornwall, and middle daughter departs for her first year at University.

So never a dull moment (!) Onwards and Upwards, although we seem to have slid back down the slope a bit…

Oh yes, the conservatory furniture should be arriving tomorrow!