Saturday 21st Feb 2015.
During dinner party at home, massive pains in back, called Ambulance, and off to Manning Base Hospital for check out. Paramedics gave me 10 ml morphine, and doctors another 10ml, En doses, pain didn't go away. After 5 hours, nothing clearer they sent me home to suffer with pain.
Sunday 22nd Feb 2015.
Very minimal done, pain was great. Still no idea at this stage.
Monday 23rd Feb 2015
Visit my Doctor, sent for blood test, Bone scan CT scan. I was able to get in for a bone scan same morning, great service from the staff in Taree. CT was to wait until tomorrow
Tuesday 24th Feb 2015
Walkin CT Scan, had to wait 2 hours, but at least was seen. now waiting for results to Doctor.
Wednesday 25th Feb 2015
Doctors, given pain relief, well sort of, and Doctor was to contact specialists.
Now waiting until end of next week for another Doctor visit.
Friday 6th March 2015
Doctors, and wife (who was already told I had Cancer) informed me of what was expected. Multiple Myeloma. Now off to specialists in Newcastle. Now waiting for a slot to have a CT Scan Biopsy.
Monday 23rd March 2015
Biopsy done, and now waiting for results Wednesday
Wednesday 25th March 2015
Specialist told me I had DLCL lymphoma, and this is one of the most common cancers, and would expect to treat sucessfully.
Booked in for a PET Scan March 31st and see Hematologist 2nd April for the plan.
Friday 27th March 2015
I have been awake since 11pm thursday, and after watching 6 hours of TV got up to start this blog. A lot of pain, as I also have a fractured tailbone.
Feeling annoyed the fracture was not picked up when I had a MRI for the pain last August, may have been over all this by now.
Get on with life, not beneficial to blame others incompetence.
Saturday 28th March 2015
Due to only 2 hours sleep previous day, I was able to get 5 hours or so, happy with that.
Every one says be positive, get on with life, but thats a lot harder than it sounds. Not knowing what may happen always plays on your mind. Will I be the one that attracts all the bad side effects, Is there something I can be doing now to help me prepare for the on-coming treatment i'll have to endour.
The pain my family is going through, why should this happen to me etc, unfortunate I am unable to answer this, but hope they are strong for me, be positive as I believe i'll need all the help available.
Lets be positive, have spent the last 2 hours looking for a tattoo, to encourage me to fight all the way, and except help from others which is not normally my nature, I prefer to just do it.
Now for a drive to Port Macquarie for a get out of town feeling.
