I shouldn't have this!

January 12th 2018 was the day I returned to my consultant. Thank goodness my bloods were fine and my throat felt OK! I was asked the usual questions about how I was feeling and when I told him I felt absolutely fine, he was pleased. Plus, my throat looked considerably better. He told me what to look out for, night sweats, sudden weight loss and feeling generally awful and I had to promise again that I would contact the hospital if I experienced any of these things - if they had no explanation.  This is the deal you have to make with the consultant if they place you on Watch and Wait. It's up to the patient to be completely honest with themselves and admit it if there is something wrong. He was happy for me to go on my annual Egypt trip, which was a great relief for me. This was to be a very special trip, as I was taking with me two dear friends (the GP and his wife) and my adult son. He came with me on my very first trip to Egypt in 2006, when he was at university and I hadn&#

This year was our 40th wedding anniversary, so we decided to visit our favourite places. In October we went down to Cornwall but we arrived on the south coast just as a very bad storm hit the coastal village where we were staying! Having said that, we had a very eventful weekend and it was lovely to see places we hadn't seen for some time.  From here we moved over to the north coast to stay there because we had been there since before we were married. On our way home we realised why we hadn't revisited it before now. The south coast just seems to have more of a pull for us, probably because it was where we had always taken our son and I have so many photos of him growing up there.  Healthwise it was uneventful for me, which was nice for a change!  In late November I started with a really bad virus which affected my throat. I got a little worried that I was having trouble swallowing again and I was snoring too - not a good sign. Due to my compromised immune system, I reall