Brain tumour update

Totally, we just don’t know what kind of doctor anymore…

He’s been seen at 7 different hospitals and countless dozens of other specialists in a radius between Rouen and Paris - not one of them has been willing to put their hand up and give him a diagnosis

The more I hear about the French health service the more I realise the NHS is actually pretty good.

Not perfect, some of the same problems exist (GP is in a terrible state, especially in rural areas) but on the whole pretty good.

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No Jane, I had no symptoms at all.

I had a really bad dose of flu back in December 2020 and ended up in hospital for twelve days (though I think this was excessive) and as part of that they discovered a “ground glass” mark on my lung. They monitored it every six months and were pretty happy until last December when they thought the centre had got a bit more dense and beat me up :face_with_hand_over_mouth: to have it removed. It was only 14mm of which 6mm was “naughty”. All gone now :slightly_smiling_face:

If you have any worries do beat a path to your MT :thinking:

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You being Irish, was it Waterford? :wink:

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If it’s not too personal, are you a smoker?

Ahh, for f*ck’s sakes, as they’d say in the old sod. I’m proudly (and identify as (key killer phrase🤭)) London Irish, very proud of both denominations.

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I didn’t smoke until I was twenty and then the new love of my “life” who was the niece of an Irish tobacco baron (he’d a lovely Jenson Interceptor FF :slightly_smiling_face:) got me puffing along. I quite her after a couple of years but despite many attempts it took until my fortieth birthday to quite the fags.

However, while smoking is a dodgy pursuit, I believe far more damage was done to my little lungs by the smog in London as a a kid.

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There was a heck of a lot of asbestos thrown around during that time as well. So long as the issue isn’t growing

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I already have pain killers for my mastectomy scar and back.

I think more of my lung was taken than yours.

I am glad you have no problems afterwards.

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