Hi fellow downhills. Well what can I say. I had my consultation yesterday and my journey on the great slalom ended up off piste. He asked me how I felt and you know something is not right when despite their attempt at humour is masking something. To cut a long story short Brian has come …
Tag Archives: brain
Cancervissary
Where do I start. Well the beginning of this chapter would be good I guess. The Dr didn’t ring so we rang the surgery to be told he was off but they would arrange for another Dr to call be back. The Dr rang to say he has been told to ring me back and …
2 years ago today
Hello everyone. I hope you⁸ are all OK? Well it is 2 years ago today since I had my seizure and was rushed to hospital to be told I had a brain 🧠 tumour. Later that night I was transferred to Birmingham QE hospital to be told they didn’t think it was a tumour but …
Bloods
Hi everyone. Yesterday I was supposed to had my bloods taken however having read the form it turned up it was a fasting blood test and the appointment was not until lunchtime. Now I am a normal bloke and there is no way I could wait till then without eating. So I rescheduled for 0950 …
MRI
Good morning fellow downhillers. Well I had my MRI scan yesterday and it went rather smoothly, well by standards it did, they listened to me when I said left arm please, even though one of the staff was looking at the back of my right hand, (perhaps his idea of mental torture). Anyway it was …
Another day in paradise
Good morning fellow downhillers. I know it’s been a while time since you have heard from me. I hope is everyone is keeping well? We have all had our second dose of vaccines so are tickety boo. Restrictions are slowly lifting so normality appears to be reappearing slowly. Yippee I have my MRI 2nd week …
Vaccine 2
Hello everyone. I have just had my 2and vaccine and am now sat in the doctors surgery for 15 minutes awaiting to see if I had any form of reaction. Only reaction is I am bored. Public houses and restaurants are now open in the second phase of easing lockdown yippee!!!! Shops are now open …
NHS departments to each other
Good morning from the island with the highest vaccine rate in Europe. I am no longer requiring shielding 🙂 so can now go out, but only supervised. Lol. I received a message from my local NHS trust 3 days ago advising me that they would be in touch to arrange my next telephone consultation or …
Consultation
Hi everyone. I hope you are all ok? Yesterday I had my phone conversation with my consultant, he said Brian is stable. 😃😃😃. He asked how long I had been on Dexamethasone and i said that is nearly 2 years since I was put on it and the consultant advised he would like to swap …
MRI scan
Hello fellow downhillers. I hope you are all keeping well. As it states above I had my MRI scan today at New Cross Hospital I experienced problems with the nurse inserting the canulla. First attempt was in the back of my right hand, that came as a bloody shock as I specified it would be …
Brain Man 