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Thursday 29th April 2004
Got up, had a shower and then went to Bradford
Royal Infirmary for my MRI and CT scans. All the
nurses were really kind, got there at 09:30 and
out for 12:30. Went to the local housing office
in the afternoon to enquire about what I could claim.
Nice Asian lady said I would be able to claim for
my rent through them, also incapacity allowance.
She filled in the forms for me and said I should
go to the local job centre and they would sort out
my incapacity and invalidity benefits. Went to the
job centre and was later phoned by a young lady
who took my details and said she would send out
the relevant forms and also made me an appointment
to see a lady at the job centre next Friday, to
see that I had managed to fill them out correctly.
My ex-wife called at teatime with my youngest son
Sam to see how I was. She also fetched me some strawberries,
which was nice of her. She said that if I needed
her, she would be there. My eldest two children,
as well as my brother and sisters, all phoned to
see how I was. Funny how your perspective changes,
from being scared about having cancer last week
to now hoping it’s only in my neck and then
I can cope. Tomorrow is my pre-op visit prior to
my minor surgery next week, when they will take
out my right tonsil and other bits for biopsy. Funny,
people have their tonsils out every day but I am
still worried.
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