OK, yet again I'm just a little late posting, this time for February.
So far as myeloma is concerned, there is nothing to report. I attended routine clinic and without any drama. In respect of my ongoing health issues, I spoke to my GP about my hearing problems and was prescribed some sodium bicarbonate ear drops for the left ear which contained some wax. After using the drops for a few days I carefully washed the ear out and was rewarded with the offending wax. He also prescribed some nasal spray to try to clear my eustachian tubes. It seems to be slowly working.
I also consulted him about a small growth on my forehead which HRH had been nattering me about for some time. That meeting was on a Tuesday.
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By the Saturday I was at the dermatology centre at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
The GP's belief that the growth was a Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) was confirmed. I was asked if I had spent much time in the sun. Yes, four years living in Cyprus not wearing a hat or sun screen probably did it. I was to return on the following day to have it photographed. I did so only to have surgery! This was just five days after I had seen the GP; amazing.
I've also attended a new (independent) opthalmologist. The check he undertook was by far the most thorough I've ever had and justified my loss of faith in a certain high street opticians.
Given my recent surgery for cataracts and now for the BCC rather suggests that I am getting just a little old - or maybe just "vintage".
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength
Betty Freidan
Keep well, keep safe, and "KBO"
