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Ok,quick question. How often do you go to the bathroom to pee? Go on have a real good think. Well I not only have to record whenbut also how much. There is even a special shelf in the bathroon for the measuring jug. So the deal is I get my own personal pee jug, but need to provide my own chopsticks, mug, spoon and towel. ahhh Japan
The bodies natural reaction when it water is to find some. The fun begins when you are not allowed to drink any. dinner and drinks just loses that romantic touch when its served in your arm!
Update: This entry may seem odd, but what it was about was that I was not allowed to drink water before or after the surgurry!
A nice thing about an anesthetic is that obviously there is no pain. Its the wearing off bit thats not so crash hot as I will now happyily attest to. This is when you the post op drugs to not only zonk the pain but also make you sleepy. Lump is now confirmed as a tumour not a bad infection gone wrong,so its hurry up and wait for the pathology results for the next steps.
I am all done. Currently cannot feel a thing from my chest dowm. The team were wonderful and we had fun teaching each other english and japanese. Back in my room being fed via my arm. I even got to see the offending item, the tumour was twice the size of the teste so I guess better out than in.
Well I am all checked in and had everything explained to me by Rika my fabulous interprutor. The gist of it is that as of nine tonight I am nil by mouth. This had me well worried as I thought the op was Tuesday night. That long without water who needs surgury,they would have schriveled driied and fallen off. First bit of good news is that there is no sign of spreading and bloods are normal for tumour markers,but we are not out of the cancer woods yet. Other bit of cool is I have a private room with awesome view.
I’ve been searching for this particular video clip for ages and finally found a reference to it.
Enjoy, its an oldy but goody and there is now more stuff!
Well all the news is in and its being going so fast that I’ve barely had a second to write anything down. The ultra-sound on Wednesday did not go well and instead of going home after it I was directed to a doctor who broke the news that they have found a tumor in my teste.
A referral to the
Going to be posting updates here for people to catchup with whats going one.
Last night was awful, hardly slept at all. I could possible convince myself that maybe one of my dinner prawns wasn’t quite cooked as well as it could be, but I suspect anxiety over getting the pathlogy results was the real suspect.
It was probably exasperated by my little shopping trip to Odaiba to visit Toys R Us for a certain newphew (and I got what I think is a really cool toy so pain be damned), but I did overreach alittle.
To my wonderful friends in Boston who happily took the call at 2am JST and just talked to me until the painkillers kicked in, thank you! I really needed someone right then are there you were. I’ve been so lucky with a support network worldwide, and thanks to all of you who offered to talk at any time.
So what about the results? I’m just pussyfooting around here. Answer is that the tumour was cancer. 100% Seminoma. Due to its location (within the teste), sizing, blood markers etc I don’t require any further treatment such as chemo or radiation. It was caught so early in the piece that its not had time to send out little soldiers and create havoc else were. I do however have to have blood tests every month for the next year, the every two months after yada yada as there is a chance it will come back. But if it does we’ll be waiting for it!
I cannot tell you the relief that I felt. It was like I could feel my body stopping production of the stress hormones and the move to flushing them all out. Drained is a good word. After saying a rathter stumbled good bye to my interpretor I headed home.
On that I was so luckly to have her, she was there all the way through and told me that she was stressing for me as well! She is so lovely I don’t doubt it!
Now its head home try and eat something and let people know that things are looking great. I get the all clear for cancer and in a few days I get to go home to my family. Lifes looking pretty good at the moment!
Wow, I’ve been so lucking with the last few trips to Kyoto. All thanks to two really great friends. My one here in Tokyo (Di) and through her a new great friend in Kyoto (Faith). Faith lives in Kyoto and had been telling us the places to go and see without the crowds.
The first time we did it was a month ago on a long weekend when the place is just crowded with people for the long weekend. Thanks to Faith’s great advise we missed them all and saw some of the most incredible sights. Due to the massive accomodation bookings Di also came across a brillant little guest house in North Kyoto so far away from the crowds you are in the suberbs, but also so well connected to the transport system its dead easy. Each time we just tube under the crowds and leave them to total gridlock!
This trip which is the biggest weekend for viewing Akki (sp) the autumn foliage we again missed the masses and still got to see brillant stuff. Each time we stayed ahead of the crowds and moved to the next place, or more realistic we were just in places where the people weren’t.
Even on the way home, we found a santuary at the top of Kyoto Statation, go up two escalators and then no-one, just stare down at the crowds.
Everyone keeps asking me, ‘why do you keep going to Kyoto’. Well its just the most incredible place, there is such a peace there (when you get out of the tourist masses) , you find the most stunning gardens and temples. They also have the a calm about them. I’ll write more. Wanna see, go look at the picture via the website link and gallery.
Do not know why but I have fast and vivid dreams when I am here