It's good news. The Ct Scan showed all clear. Apparently the sticky thing near the lung that the chest x ray found was in fact scar tissue from the operation.

I did raise with Dr. Cave the fact that I had had two violent coughing outbursts in 6 months. Her opinion was that the operation had meant that my wind and food pipes were much closer together than before and it was possible that food sometimes got into the wrong channel. She emphasised that at the first sign of coughing I should return to the GP for anti biotics.

We went on to talk about the strength of my medication. I repeated what the clinical specialist nurse Donna had said about staying on the stronger dose for at least three months, which were just about up. Dr. cave was emphatic that I should stay on the higher dose for the foreseeable future. Certainly since going on to the stronger ones I have not had an acid attack.

The only not so satisfactory part is that my voice still isn't right. Dr. Cave will be referring me to the ENT section. There is a waiting list which is fair enough given that it is not urgent.

Overall though, I am in good health and that's what really matters.