Today while sitting in a chair in my hospital room, I hear the rain falling outside and looking out the window, I can see the light rain falling from the sky. It matches my mood today.

Yesterday, I had an endoscopy, a camera put up my butt to see if the mass was cancer, that confirmed it.

It’s not a pleasurable experience to be given a Fleet enema to clear out back passage for an endoscopy but it is effective.

Tuesday I had a blood transfusion, learned that my blood type is O+ as the doctor’s told me there are also concerns that there was a blood cancer as well.

Today, the doctor’s are talking about placing a stent in my bowel to allow me to poop as the mass is blocking up the back passage. That will happen Friday, they are planning.

I have a mass in my lower bowel, which has metastasised into at least 2 tumours in my liver. There is a blood cancer as well. I’m in the realm of no magical cures but just treatment and maintenance. Cancer is going to kill me but for as long as I can, I’m going to fight it.

Right now, I’m suffering from information overload as every day I get more information that my mind needs to process.

At least I’m receiving the best care here in hospital and I only came in to hospital in the first place for lymphoedema and cellulitis in the lower legs. See, the rabbit holes you go down while in hospital.

Be open with your doctor’s and tell them everything as that is how I found out about my cancer by mentioning that I can only eat certain foods because anything greasy, fatty, spicy, acidic, I would want to feel the need to vomit, or dry reach to finding out about the lesions in the liver from having an ultrasound on my organs.

Until next time

Kaye