So off I trot to see a absolutely delightful man by the name of Dr. Neil Scott at the Morningside Mediclinic. He has all these amasing contraptions in his rooms and I think he decided he needed to use all of them on me!!
He did a few tests by shoving things in my nose (very painful btw), down my throat and had a good feel around the lump I had near my tonsil, which had some inflammation.
He prescribed some Augmentum antibiotic, mouthwash and gel to be applied to the inflammation and I was then to comeback a week later and see how we were doing. Away I go get my drugs and remedies and religously take the antibiotics, mouthwash and apply the gel.
On my return a week later (2nd Nov. 2011) the inflammation has gone down but the lump is still there. Neil explains to me that this is now beyond his area of expetise and he refers me to Prof. Chris Joseph another ENT (head & Neck) specialist, I see him the following day!
Welcome to my blog, my name is Stephen Sharp and this is the start of my journey to fight cancer. I will try and walk through the stages of my treatment and hopefully give anyone out there suffering with the same problem an insight into what I have been through or am going through.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Here we go...the first visit to the doc
So this journey started on the 19th October 2011, when I found that I had some inflammation in the back of my mouth, having left it as you do!! for a week or so I was walking past the medical center and decided to "pop-in" and see if the doctor was free, as it happened he was.
I happen to work for a bank and the first thing he decided to talk about was his issues with banks and how they lost his money and that he didn't trust them, but he had kept the cash receipt, but had put it in the wrong place and that he was determined to get his money back, etc. This probably went on for about ten minutes and I am still not sure whether I was meant to be counselling him for his problem or if I had come to the right place for some mdecial assessment?? I didn't have the heart (or maybe the guts) to tell him I worked in banking, so hid behind Real Estate - I guess that could have been a tricky subject as well LOL!
Finaly, he gets to asking me whats wrong and asks to have a look in my mouth..yes I had cleaned my teeth!! If there is one thing I like about South Africa and especially their doctors there are no holds barred, straight between the eyes.....so when he stepped back and went oh shit! whats that! I knew I had come to the right place!! LOL!
To be fair he did call in a colleague for a further opinion and as they couldn't diagnose they referred me immediately to an ENT specialist and this is where my journey begins, unknown but not to bothered, thinking I have problem just got some swelling that they can sort out with some good drugs! Little did I know....
I happen to work for a bank and the first thing he decided to talk about was his issues with banks and how they lost his money and that he didn't trust them, but he had kept the cash receipt, but had put it in the wrong place and that he was determined to get his money back, etc. This probably went on for about ten minutes and I am still not sure whether I was meant to be counselling him for his problem or if I had come to the right place for some mdecial assessment?? I didn't have the heart (or maybe the guts) to tell him I worked in banking, so hid behind Real Estate - I guess that could have been a tricky subject as well LOL!
Finaly, he gets to asking me whats wrong and asks to have a look in my mouth..yes I had cleaned my teeth!! If there is one thing I like about South Africa and especially their doctors there are no holds barred, straight between the eyes.....so when he stepped back and went oh shit! whats that! I knew I had come to the right place!! LOL!
To be fair he did call in a colleague for a further opinion and as they couldn't diagnose they referred me immediately to an ENT specialist and this is where my journey begins, unknown but not to bothered, thinking I have problem just got some swelling that they can sort out with some good drugs! Little did I know....
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