Had a follow-up meeting with my consultant yesterday. I only ever see him once after I've been referred and once after the treatment programmes have finished. This time, because of waiting lists, I've only just started the treatments, but am starting to see changes.
When we had our last meeting, after I'd been re-referred, it was an enormous struggle to get to the hospital, and I had to use a walking stick. I was feeling in a bad way health-wise, and also that I was a bit 'lost', not making progress. Yesterday, I was able to breeze in, and even climb the two flights of stairs to his office rather than use the special ground-floor meeting room. He asked how I was, and I was able to report ‘very well’, and that there are no problems at the moment. We talked briefly about the possibilities of transferring my treatment to a hospital/health centre near the town I’m moving to when that happens, and the meeting was over after ten minutes. I was happy about the brevity of it, whereas on previous occasions I’ve sometimes felt rather pushed out/discarded when this happened. This shows how well and how positive I’m feeling at the moment.
09/08/07 @ 16:22