Retrospect

I haven't kept up with the cancer diary daily. I've been too busy. But here are some observations from experiences over the past few months.

On a bank holiday T went for a blood test. The blood test department was closed. 

So he went to A & E. He was told he would have to wait two hours. 

In the blood test department he has priority. I don't know why cancer patients get priority. Either because getting the results is critical. And therefore they are rushed through to get the results. Or because otherwise they might get fed up and miss the essential appointment? Or because people needing a one-off appointment can wait once or twice, as the cancer patients do on their first couple of visits, but if you are have regular tests you can't wait that long each time, and they have all your records so it's easy to rush you through?

However, the nurse in  A & E told him not to wait in A & E, because people in A & E have all sorts of infections he should not be exposed to. (Maybe that's why cancer patients are rushed through in the blood test department, so they don't sit for two hours in a confined area when because their immune system is down they must not be in crowded places.) So he went the next day to the blood clinic. 'Delivering blood,' he quipped.