So the day has finally arrived. My first visit to the Outpatient Department of The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square London part of UCLH.
I've been waiting for this day for over four months now, I'm relieved it's finally here but nervous too. Hopefully today well will learn more about my condition. How big the AVM is, where exactly it is, why now and if there is any treatment that can be done.
Cat and Mum are taking me to the appointment. Mum is driving us down for several reasons. Firstly, the last time Cat and I went to London I had two near seizures. Now I'm not sure what caused them, weather it was the stress of travel, heat, lack of fluids or just me gsetting myself worked up but today is going to be stressful no doubt and as my appointment is at 10.20am, fighting peak London underground traffic may not be such a good idea. With whatever we find out today, my mind sure as he'll won't be with it on the way home and stressing catching trains is something I can do without plus on the financial side, London congestion charge and petrol v's three return train fares, do the math....no contest really!
So apparently the appointment should only be about an hour long today. If I need to have further tests and scans they will make further appointments for those. I will have a chance to ask my questions, which I have a two-sided A4 sheet of paper full of questions that Cat and I have been gathering over the weeks. If you think of any good questinons you think I may have forgotten please message me either through my blog,fb or if you have my personal number text me, it all helps.
Once I'm back and rested I will blog what the doctor says and how the day went. So..here goes, time to get ready.
