Sunday, August 10, 2025
#2410 Sunday 10th of August
Friday, August 1, 2025
#2409 Friday 1st August
Thursday, July 31, 2025
#2408 Thursday 31st July
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
#2407 Wednesday 30th July
Monday, July 28, 2025
#2406 Monday 28th July
Thursday, July 24, 2025
#2405 Thursday 24th July
Medical stuff is on my mind ......
Kaylia is fine ..... she's had a persistent cough for a while ..... I bought a box of cough tablets and she hates them. So she stops coughing .... 'cos she knows that if she coughs, I will give her a tablet.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
#2404 Sunday 20th July
Friday, July 18, 2025
#2403 Friday 18th July
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
#2402 Tuesday 15th July
Thursday, July 10, 2025
#2401 Thursday 10th July
I was thinking through the past medical events .... and I have to say the I have been very fortunate!
August 2019 - a routine prostate scan ... during this scan, the radiologist saw a tumor on the kidney
September 2019 - during a further scan of the kidney, the radiologist saw an enlarged thyroid gland protruding into the chest space.
October 2019 - a biopsy of the kidney tumor said it was benign - no action required
December 2019 - the thyroid was removed and found to be cancerous. Radiation treatment.
April 2024 - the business failure meant the sale of our house ... during the house move, I fell and broke 3 ribs just near the tumor
October 2024 - the impact on the tumor caused a UTI and during treatment for the UTI, it was noted that the tumor had increased in size since 2019.
March 2025 - the tumor was again checked with a biopsy. This showed that the tumor is cancerous
June 2025 - remove the kidney and tumor
Each time, circumstances have meant that cancer had been found at an early stage before it had spread.
Saturday, July 5, 2025
#2400 Saturday 5th July
Friday, July 4, 2025
#2399 Friday 4th July
Thursday, July 3, 2025
#2398 Thursday 3rd July
Monday, June 30, 2025
#2397 Monday 30th June
Sunday, June 29, 2025
#2396 Sunday 29th June
Saturday, June 28, 2025
#2395 Saturday 28th June
Friday, June 27, 2025
#2394 Friday 27th June
Thursday, June 26, 2025
#2393 Thursday 26th June
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Sunday, June 22, 2025
#2391 Sunday 22nd June
Friday, June 20, 2025
#2390 Friday 20th June
No date for the operation yet.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
#2389 Wednesday 18th June
Sunday, June 15, 2025
#2388 Sunday 15th June
Friday, June 13, 2025
#2387 Friday 13th June
Sunday, June 8, 2025
#2386 Sunday 8th June
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
#2385 Wednesday 4th June
I came across this and I thought ... "This deserves comment!" So ...
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#2384 Saturday 31st May
Thursday, May 29, 2025
#2383 Thursday 29th May
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
#2382 Wednesday 28th May
Monday, May 26, 2025
#2381 Monday 26th May
Thursday, May 22, 2025
#2380 Thursday 22nd May
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
#2379 Wednesday 21st May
Surgery status report.... Today RPH gave me an appointment and we will see what opportunities we have for surgery on the public list. If the wait time would be too long, I can stay with the current plan of surgery on June 6th.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
#2378 Sunday 18th May
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
#2377 Wednesday 14th May
While at the chemist this morning, (They of course know of the imminent surgery on 6th June) the chemist mentioned that they had also had a nephrectomy and that the pain on the first day after the op is pretty bad ..... but that it lessens quickly. It's good to have people caring.
I'm taking the Landrover for a decent run next Sunday .... there's a "British Car Day" in Gin Gin that day. Of course Landrovers are very British. I'm meeting up with fellow Landrovians in Midland so that we can drive up in a convoy.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
#2375 Tuesday 6th May
Monday, May 5, 2025
#2374 Monday 5th May
Saturday, May 3, 2025
#2373 Saturday 3rd May
I will probably stay with the current surgeon ..... the cheaper options would involve a significant delay in treatment.
On Fridays, Kaylia goes to Workpower in Malaga. While there she usually works at one of the Op Shop centres .... and this week she was accepted at the Salvos for future work. This is good progress.
While in Malaga I have to drive past the rear of Bunnings and they often have very nice stuff in their discard bin. Yesterday I scored a full sheet (900x2400mm) of 16mm MDF board! This is $50 off the shelf. The discard is dirty but undamaged ..... so I'm chuffed. I'm planning to build a slide-in kitchen drawer for the back of the Landrover. ...... sort of like this.
Friday, May 2, 2025
#2372 Friday 2nd May
Thursday, May 1, 2025
#2371 Thursday 1st May
I am booked in for surgery on the 6th June. It will be 3 days in Hollywood Hospital.
Post script:
I'm in turmoil.... I've received the paperwork from the surgeon.... and the amount being charged is much more than the scheduled fee that is covered by HBF and in our current financial state I just can't afford to proceed. I don't know what to do now. I think I will have shop around for a surgeon who charges the schedule fee for the operation.
The following is astounding ..... especially in the context of the bigotry in our world.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
#2370 Tuesday 29th April
Uh ...oh ... I must have dozed off! It's a while since the last post (Boom Boom .... April 25th Anzac Day has just been .... bugles sounding "Last Post") In the meantime, we've been down to Busselton for Easter. Kaylia loved the trip ... as usual! She travels perfectly in the car .... she listens to music the whole time .... she watches the world passing by but if Naomi or I mention her in conversation, she immediately tunes in to see what we are saying.
Today I visit the urologist to find out the result of the biopsy .... will I be having a hospital visit?
Later ... back from the consult. The kidney is cancerous and has to come out. It doesn't seem to have spread. Surgery in the coming month.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
#2369 Saturday 12th April
Saturday, April 5, 2025
#2368 Saturday 5th April
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
#2366 Thursday 20th March
In four years life will seem boring!
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
#2365 Tuesday 18th March
Yesterday Kaylia was with Jenny .... driving back down the Gt Northern Highway from New Norcia. Jenny used her handsfree to send me a message that they'd be late. The phone created the message as ".... coming from New Nausea." !!!
The biopsy of my kidney that I had a few weeks ago was a dud! It only collected dead tissue. So I have to have the biopsy again tomorrow. The aim is to collect live cells so that they can see if it is cancerous. If not cancerous, then the kidney doesn't have to be removed. The urologist thinks it may well be the baddy ie cancer .... but he wants to be sure before a big operation is undertaken.
Kaylia is very stable and happy .... as long as her world proceeds along the usual path, then her anxiety levels are low. Even when things are upset, her faith in us is such that she can cope with a lot.... she can communicate that she doesn't like it.
Monday, March 10, 2025
#2364 Monday 10th March
Ah .... such a sad time is upon us ...
Last night several posts came up .... long videos of speakers at the European Parliament. The sentiments consistently expressed were views and ideas which I fully support. There were some very eloquent speakers .... they all came across as genuine .... not AI.
The speeches give hope .... recognizing that a tough time faces us .... but emphasizing that European nations must act ... together to face the threats of this new age
Sunday, March 9, 2025
#2363 Sunday 9th March
Thursday, March 6, 2025
#2362 Thursday 6th March
It's very sad to be in times such as these. Just when we hope that times are getting better .... something comes along to completely change the way we see the world.