December 23rd

Today was a long day at the hospital. I went for the bone scan but it took a very long time. They initially gave me a radioactive dye and I had to wait for 2 hours and drink as much as possible to allow the dye to circulate. They I went back for a scan which took 40 minutes. They also took 2 scans of my ribs (as that's where the pain has been worst) which took another 20 minutes each.

The doctors looked at the scans and asked for some more images but I had to wait for another patient to go first. Eventually got in and had a PET scan lasting another 40 minutes. It was a difficult time as I didn't get a lot of information from the staff who seemed to be trying to figure out their new machines....and especially for poor Dave who wasn't allowed in with me and had no idea what was going on. We just hope and pray that there is nothing to worry about.

The traffic around London has been really bad as well with the Christmas rush and everyone going home for the weekend. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year!