"Leading up to Cancer Treatment"

I noticed two bumps on my head and under my chin, so went to my doctor. The doctor brought in the Head Nurse, who consulted a book, but could not decide which I had, so put me forward to Dermatology, a 4 month possible wait, as it was not deemed urgent.

2months later, Monklands Hospital phoned me, they had a cancellation, would I be interested, I took it quickly, the two bumps on my head had become a dozen, all dark red.

Dermatology reacted fast, taking a biopsy, then a week later a CD scan, Dr Schiffralli had an idea what it was.

I was invited to attend an hour session, where junior doctors are being taught, for them to view and ask about my symptoms, a bit of fun.

I received a phone call, two days after the CT scan, explains that Dermatology is passing me over to Haematology, who specialise in Lymphoma.

The problem was found early, giving me a fighting chance to survive this.

The moral of this starting story, is to use your doctor, if you find a lump, I could have easily decided not to pester my busy doctor, then not noticed the problem until it was too late.