Today I have an appointment with a professor of neurosurgery at Amiens University Hospital.
But just before, I've got an MRI to go to...
The purpose of this appointment is to find out whether ‘Gertrude’ has made any progress or not, as the protocol may change, as I explained in my previous posts ....
So here I am, waiting for the MRI, it's taking a long time.....but then.......it's taking a long time.....
Now it's my turn!!! well now it's become a routine, I could build my own MRI by going through it, with a magnet from the fridge and some wire.....the power of McGyver is with me.
After the MRI, I still have to wait a few hours for the results to be analysed.
In the meantime, I'm hungry! So it's time for a feast at McDo....
Once my belly was full, I went back, I had an appointment at 2.15 pm....me voilà, finally at the neurosurgery reception desk at 1.30 pm....oui je sais je suis en avance....
Time goes by, but nothing, still this interminable wait, with this apprehension about the fate that awaits me, my husband takes 100 steps, I can feel him bubbling with impatience, it's 4pm and we still haven't passed....
Mme SINOQUET !!!!!
haaaaa voila enfin c'est mon tour il est 16h40. Le docteur analyse les données de l'IRM fraichement arrivée, il ne dit rien.....
10 minutes sont passées, toujours concentré sur son écran d'ordinateur.
‘I think we're going to go straight to radiotherapy, your tumour has progressed a little, to avoid wasting time, we're going to set up the Protocol scheduled for 14 May’.
I'm a bit overwhelmed, but I've remembered two things....
Evolution and 14 May.
The first word scares me, and I let my neurosurgeon know, but his voice is reassuring and soothing.
He explains to me that some people with this type of tumour don't recover and others the Protocol works.
The tears flow because .....I'm simply scared!
The second word ‘14 May’ is my birthday, so I take it as a sign.
My husband and I leave the hospital with fear but also hope....
‘Dixit R2D2’
Now I have to let the doctors take me.
Today was a bad day...