After recovering from eye surgeries and surviving the 8 weeks of inactivity in rehabilitation, I finally returned to my mat in early December. I can’t lie, it’s been a difficult task, it’s so much harder to start again after surgery.
A lack of energy, a real drop in my overall fitness and touching my toes was difficult. In mid January I started to feel some improvement, L told me to take it easy, one Sunday she stopped me after Primary, she had never done that before, I I was lying on my mat, thinking about my options. L said it was always harder to go again in winter when it was cold and your body was stiff.
February, I finally take off at Urdva Dhanurasana and do a bit of intermediary, then I get a call from my GP asking me to come in for a five-yearly health check. A surprise, enthusiastic young nurse who understands that Ashtanga doesn’t just sit ommmmmm, she tests everything, blood pressure, BMI, diet, exercise and takes a blood load, cholesterol hasn’t changed in 30 years. She detects my endless cough and after she’s done torturing me, she makes me see a GP about the cough, who sends me for a chest x-ray. 3 days later they call me to tell me they found a 17mm nodule on my right lung. x-ray and need an urgent scan for cancer, I only realize the emergency when the radiologist calls me the next morning to call me.
To say it’s been a rough, sleepless 2 weeks waiting for the results and potential consequences of surgery, chemo and who knows what else is an understatement, Googling nodules didn’t help either to calm my mind. On Monday there is a report that was added to my NHS file, it’s full of medical jargon that google doesn’t help translate, I’m invited to a telephone consultation to discuss the results, but there is no appointment available for 3 days, I’m losing my mind, I can’t sleep from worry
Finally, this afternoon they call me, the good news is that there is no cancer, but there is a thickening of the fibers in the lungs and a kidney cyst, so I am not still dead, as Phil Collins once called his tour, but it looks like I’m still got a ways to go.
Thank you to those who have been in my corner these past two weeks to offer me an ear and support, Janie, Vanessa, Michelle and Jayne and Suzanne.
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