Another clinic

Didn't get up till late and I admit I was very slow in getting ready this morning...

By the time I was "up and running" it was just about lunch time.

After lunch I head off on my big adventure. Today is yet another national strike. Luckily, for the first time ever, they've agreed to some sort of minimal service on public transport.

I took the bus to Porte de Champerret and walked to the Clinique Hartmann in Neuilly. It was a good 25 minute walk from the bus stop. I'm starting to wonder how feasible this is going to be with my daily radiation therapy treatments.

No big deal today. Just a panoramic dental x-ray to make sure there wasn't any sort of infection or malformation in my teeth and jaw as that whole area is going to get weakened by the x-ray treatment and they can't risk infection. I looked at the x-ray afterwards and it looked fine to me. But what the hell do I know?

The clinic looked good and modern and definitely specialises in cancer treatment. they have all sorts of facilities for all sorts of different cancer treatment from scanners and surgeries up through x-ray therapy and chemotherapy.

My next visit will be Thursday for a scanner at 12:45 and then the big meeting with the oncologist / radiotherapist at 18:00 when I should finally found out when I will start treatment and what it's going to be like.

Walked back to the bus stop and got home in time to read some e-mails before falling asleep before dinner.

Just before going in to the clinic I got through to my surgeon (Dr. Hagege) to confirm that I can eat normally now. He said "not quite". He would prefer that I continue eating mushy until the end of the week as it would be "stupid" to risk an accident, whereby my inner wounds would open and I'd have to go back in to surgery which would delay all of the rest of the treatment process, just for a couple of more days. He said I could eat somewhat normally as long as I chew really, really well and avoid such things as crisps, crackers, nuts, bread crust, ...

It's at least a step in the right direction. I had salads for dinner with the rest of the family and at least felt like I was part of society again...