Winded by the speed
The speed at which things have moved presented a cause
for concern much in the need of allaying any anxiety. As you pay attention to
your health and seek the best outcomes, some processes and procedures become a medical requirement for ensuring things are nipped in the bud at the
earliest opportunity.
A few blood tests, a conversation with my GP and a visit
to the surgery for a preliminary assessment have set me on the path to a date
with some of the best urologists in the field and what my GP casually suggested
would be a scan, might well be a bit more uncomfortable at this studio that
offers a one-stop shop of tests superficial and intrusive, aided by a local anaesthetic.
The scheduled duration of 30 minutes could last up to 4
hours and all that is in an appointment letter that landed before I picked up the
post proposing an analysis of my GP’s request.
Checking off cancer prospects
Before one is a potential cancer diagnosis or just the
discovery of the cause of symptoms that could not be explained from being felt
up in a funny place. Having dealt with cancer before, I can safely suggest it
does not entirely prepare you for the prospect that you might be checking for
it and unsure until you are given the all-clear.
Health stability in managing long-term conditions can
lull one into complacency and a renewed sense of invincibility. Life is
fleeting, each day is a gift and a blessing for which we should be thankful and
grateful.
Beyond every looming threat
What you find in certain issues of life, is you need to
cultivate your support network of significant persons that would buoy you
through tough times. People with whom to share burdens and talk about things,
partners, friends, and others, depending on how comfortable you feel about
things.
My faith is also a critical source of succour and
strength, feeding on the encouragement of the Word of God in the Bible and in
the sermons of anointed preachers to confidently call those things that be not
as though they were.
The times I have faced life-threatening diagnoses and
conditions with the hope and assurance that I have the grace of a better story and
a testimony seeking to be told; whether the threat or reality of cancer, it
would not be the last you’ll hear of me.
Other reading
Blog - Cancer
is a human experience, not a battle won or lost
Blog - When
I had the murderous cancer of denial
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