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She only glows in the dark, now

That's handy...

I used to think that kind of constant checking was nonsense, but Yarreau has screening every three months now, and they've found that her cancer has come back twice already - within the space of fourteen months or so. She's having surgery again tomorrow, which should be quick and simple because they caught it so early.

So I'm always glad to hear when somebody does go to their screenings!

Give Yarreau my best wishes

Keep us informed how she gets on

On Hubby's side of the family they are all fully aware of screenings, and preventative screenings too

Malabarista - I don't know who Yarreau is, but I *do* know about coping with family or friends with cancer - You have my prayers best wishes, as does Yarreau.

Hoggy, Yarreau is Mala's mum. She is also a Researcher

Ahh, thank you, lil.

That was meant to say "prayers *and* best wishes", by the way.

I hope all goes well, Mala.

Thanks, all. But I don't want to de-rail Bel's thread.

Even better when there's nothing, as in Bel's case! Have a celebratory dinner, even though you weren't expecting anything to be wrong.

Thanks, Mala.

And all the best for Yarreau.

I came to the conclusion that hospitals do all this to take our minds off things. They are aware that people might be a bit nervous or worried - so they provide lots of helpful little obstacle courses like this to keep their minds occupied with other things.

And to be honest, it works - at least it works better than the terrible magazines the waiting rooms are always full of.

Interesting. If I have the feeling that I'm lost, it will not exactly make me less nervous.

Having to wait for hours (which fortunately, I didn't have to today) annoys me.

But it makes you nervous about something different!

This is the first time I have read this journal and I just want to say that I am glad that you are ok!!!!

Thanks MS.

Mala, nothing would take my mind off things for long if I was really worried about something.

here's hoping you won't have to worry.

and that goes for yarreau and mala as well

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i did 20 years when i went on the lash for the weekend in cologne

got a return ticket and dossed down at night in the heated waiting room

Good to read that you are okay, and I keep my fingers crossed it will stay that way.
They don't do these check-ups because they think it is still a "poor people disease" - but because it can be contaminous.

And please do not complain about the opening hours of the municipality health service - if they did the examinations and everything all day, I would never have any chance to get home (the doctors also need some time to dictate their results - so they cannot examine all day :D)

I was cured five years ago, Matodemi. I really don't see why they still check. When I asked my doctor years ago how big the chance is to get it again, he said a ridiculously low number.
They still check because it is a poor and uneducated people's disease, and it's those people who don't take their medicine as they should do, and hence risk being still contagious for years on end. I know what I'm talking about, one of the customers in the pharmacy where I work was exactly that type of person.

Sorry, Bel, but not all people think like that. And taking the medicine for a sufficient time (usually the treatment lasts half a year) is not a question of social circumstances, also highly educated people tend to take it too lightly. Plus it is for your own security, even if the chances are small to have another infection.

The chances to have a second infection are only slightly smaller than to have the initial infection. It is up to the doctor whether or not he invites me back for another check.
The trozble with TB is, that nobody knows how long it was in your body before it broke out. I could have had mine for years before actually getting ill. They used to do annual screens, which were obligatory. A van came, and you had to go there. Maybe they should start that again.

Yes, they should make these obligatory checks again.

I had to write a letter today - to a company where one of employees has been infected, and since it is an international company they agreed upon doing the translation of some kind of form which has to be filled in by the persons co-workers. Plus it has to be checked with whom he might have had contact abroad during the last six months. So it is taken very very seriously. And all his colleagues will get an invitation for the check-up.