Wednesday 16th of October Fertility Clinic followed by Isotape Scan

9:30am
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Fertility Services

Bloods taken x4 vials
Scans
Injection of Centrorelix

Gwen, the most fabulous Fertility Nurse, administered my first stabbing of Centrorelix.  I brought it in from home after having all my fertility drugs delivered and one particular box being housed securely in the fridge for later use. My husband will be administering this subcutaneously as I can't bring myself to do it.

Link to Administration of a subcutaneous injection:

http://www.gloshospitals.org.uk/SharePoint5/Patient%20Information%20Leaflets/GHPI0898.pdf

12:15
The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
X-Ray Department

Nuclear Isotope Scan/Sentinel Node Imaging
CT Scan

My appointment letter read " The examination will involve you receiving a small injection of a radioisotope followed by some pictures"

Sentinel Node Imaging is carried out on the day or on the morning of your operation

A small amount of radioactive material is injected into the breast at the edge of the peri-areolar tissue, which is the darker skin around the nipple. The material is carried into the armpit by the lymph vessels and trapped in the sentinel node(s) which can then be seen on a scan after a short time delay. The scan shows where the sentinel node is located and not whether it contains tumour cells or not.

For me personally this injection stung like hell but was bearable, however I'm not sure the nurse holding my hand would agree. The nurse manipulated the material by rubbing the area of the injection site.

10th of October

AM

09:30am
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Fertility Clinic

6 vials of blood taken at Elizabeth House
Fertility Scans

PM

15:00
Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Pre Operative Assessment Appointment

Provide a pot of urine
4 vials of blood taken
Height and Weight
Blood Pressure
Complete a Health Questionnaire


Although I had told a couple of people who were aware of "the cyst" over text about my diagnosis, I decided to post it to Facebook (as you do) and decided to raise money through the "Stand up to Cancer" fundraising event, whilst telling everyone on my friends list in the process that I had been diagnosed. Everyone was incredibly supportive and donated so generously. The King's Arms in Church Stretton  http://www.thekingsarmschurchstretton.co.uk/ raised £210.00

I have yet to honour my sponsors but they are all aware that I will be Standing up to Cancer after my chemotherapy treatment. TBA

http://www.standuptocancer.org.uk/
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/find-an-event/charity-challenges/stand-up-to-cancer