Life, the universe and medicine – part 2

So, I have the two appointments I’ve been waiting for, and I’m still waiting to hear about the blood results – on that score, no news should be good news – in my head at least. I have a bronchoscopy on 4th July at 8.15am to take a look down my nose, throat and trachea into the larger brachia of the lungs. I fully expect to be told that I was wasting their time and to go away – nicely of course. The breast surgery team – which seems like quite an assumption to me – will see me on the 19th July; so much for the two weeks ‘urgent’ appointment. I found it fascinating though that as soon as the appointments had been set much of my worry melted away, I was now in safe hands and whatever turns out to be the problem, it will now be sorted out. That’s not to say I’ll hand my body over to the medics, no siree! I’m doing my part too. Becoming vegan was an easy move, it was a bit like my brain switched off the desire to eat meat or animal products; I could almost believe that it had been waiting for something like this to come along to get my inner house in order. I’m also taking a teaspoon of turmeric every morning in a glass of water. Yuck! I can hear you saying it now, and I won’t lie to you – it is pretty disgusting, but if you drink it through a straw it bypasses most of your taste buds so you only get an after glow. I also started getting the most horrendous hot flushes, it was quite a shock, after all I haven’t been taking HRT for the last 7 years a...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Life Happiness my story Source Type: news