I'm booked into hospital on Friday morning cos my Doctor removed a thingy that was cancerous & needs to prod around to make sure all the cells are removed as it can come back. The good news is that it will never spread to other areas.

The bad news is that as the original thingy was huge - well, size of top joint of my thumb - the existing scar is huge (around 3" long) & as he needs to probe about 1" around the scar, the new wound will probably (definitely?) need a skin graft & that means 5 days in hospital. I don't want to even spend 1 hour in hospital, let alone 5 days.

So yesterday I visited the hospital & filled in all the questionaires & was questioned by assorted staff & they know about my other sore bits & will look after me wonderfully, but they are still doctors & nurses & it's still a Hospital & an operation & imprisonment away from my comfort zone & I don't want to be there.

sandra

The other good news is that it won't cost a cent cos I don't have Private Health cover & public patients get free treatment. Treatment for cancer and other life-threatening conditions is swift, with no waiting lists as there are for elective surgery.