07/05/2026
3yrs and 3 months post transplant.
I guess my body has been missing the hospital food coz Im going back inš¤Æš«£
Back in March I had a CT scan on my bowel, you know its not great when they ring you within 24hrsā¦ bowel is fineā¦ phewā¦. BUT (never a word you like to hear but I often do) there is a mass on your lung.
Not a complete surprise as I knew I had cysts thanks to pre-transplant screening, but theyāve grown & changed & we want you to speak to respiratory. No problem.
She rings me that same afternoon and gets me to come in.
Lots of lung function tests (which I aced I like to Add- good old running!) later and I speak to a consultant who orders a PET scan. Marvellousā¦ who doesnāt want to be radioactive? ā¢ļø
A week later I find myself injected with more stuff that I swear makes me glow in the dark and into the scanner I go.
Good news- I didnāt light up
Bad news- although there isnāt any *obvious* cancer, it could still be there or turn cancerous so theyād like to take it out.
Okayā¦ the mass right? Nooo Lauraā¦ half your lung. Of courseā¦ take a lobe of my lungā¦ breathing is overrated anyway. š¤£š«£
So when would you like to do this Dr?
Dr: Next week okay?
Wtf. š¬ ermā¦. Can I just process that I was fine, get my life in order and come back in 2? Of course.
So today was pre-assessment and surgery is on the 20th (because I decline to be cut open on the 13th and he operates on Wednesdays)
Bloody good job my blood is behaving init?
Funniest question of the dayā¦.
Have you ever had a blood transfusion? Just once or twice my love. Just once or twice.
Bye š« ###x
