Today, after months of periodontal treatment, I am told that I have started to reverse my bone loss etc. EXCELLENT! I am so chuffed.
After this appointment, I went to the opticians for a check up and they diagnosed my right eye with epiretintal membrane. Optician lovely, said they will monitor condition, gave me chart to look at every day and when I start losing vision, to contact them and they can then refer me to a Consultant. Not allowed to do it until my vision is affected. Surgery is the only answer and he said they don't like doing it as the success rate is not very good despite what the NHS website may tell you. But hey, your sight may not be affected for a few years.
Okay.... I can cope with that. If the operation is not a success, I still have the vision in one eye. Good.
As I leave the Opticians, I get a phone call from the local hospital. Can I go in on Tuesday for an op as I have abnormal cervical cells. Of course I can. I have not had a letter or anything regarding my results. I phone my GP and the Receptionist says "yes we have your results but the GP wants to speak to you personally this afternoon about them". I am still waiting to hear from him.
I feel this ought to have gone in AIBU because am I? I am just absolutely floored by all of this.
I have had cervical cancer before. I was CIN3. I had 2 operations, laser treatment etc and I have always had smears EVERY year as it always showed something abnormal and they took the abnormal cells away there and then. The last time I had a smear, I said to the GP that the nurse had NOT done it properly (womb tilted, need 2 to do it etc but she insisted she would do it on her own) and GP reassured me that it must have been done properly otherwise I would have been called in for a repeat smear. Because the last smear showed "nothing" they put me on the 3 year programme. Smear with new nurse a few weeks ago, she was excellent and did it properly and well here we are 3 years later and they want me in Tuesday.
I am 56. I have two beautiful children. Can I not ask them just for a hysterectomy just so I can stop going through all this stress?
Yes, I know I shouldn't be doing it but what the fuck, left work early and large G&T being consumed.
I just want very unmumsnet hugs please.