Days 644 to 651

I've deliberately held off making an entry until after I had seen my GP.

To go back to where we were when I made my last entry. I started to take the anti biotics and went into Angel Radio last Thursday. I had wanted to do this as I was talking to someone who was organising a sponsored kayak trip from Penzance to Cowes in April. As things turned out the event has been postponed until August but as someone once said that's showbiz.

By Saturday at least I was able to sleep in bed as distinct from an armchair. The coughing if not stopped altogether is now under control but the voice is still a bit croaky.

The importance of the latest chest x ray was that unlike the others it was taken whilst I still had the bad cough. It detected an infection in my left lung. The Hospital have recommended having another x ray in a week's time in which they will take two pictures one front on and one from the side. It normally takes a week for the results to come back to the GP so I have booked an appointment for a fortnight today(Friday) to discuss the results.

I asked the GP what she thought was causing this recurring problem. She gave three possible causes. One is that the operation has weakened my resistance to germs. The second is that some of the acid has got into the lungs and third there's cancer cells. On this last point neither she nor I think this likely. In the last month I have put 4 pounds on so that should knock that on the head.

I feel okay both physically and mentally so we push onward and upward. More next week.