Visit to Wellington Hospital last Tuesday
Tuesday 8 November 2005
Left Masterton around 11.30am as we had heard there were roadworks just south of the Twin Bridges at the bottom of the Rimutaka Hill Road, however there was hardly any delay there at all.
The new road on the Kaitokes is progressing well. There doesn't look to be much to go now and I would say we will shortly be driving the cutting in the hill. During Robyn's daily radiation trips, we watched the hill be "downsized". Quite amazing.
Arrived at the Wellington Cancer Society carpark in good time. We were surprised to see the new building development at Wellington Hospital - across the road from where we parked. It is still in the tear down stage and the rooms we used to visit are now being torn down. After getting a chest x-ray done, we had our first visit to the recently opened Cancer Outpatient Department. That has been the first part of the new hospital to be built and the rest of the new hospital will be built around it.
Robyn saw Dr Douglas Iupati. He said that Robyn's chest X-Ray looked good. Once again he did not have Robyn's blood results. She had those done last week at Masterton Hospital. We are not sure which hospital is at fault. Might need to check that one out. He had to ring for them and said that they looked fine.
Robyn's legs are still itching and she is scratching them until they bleed. She has a few on her arms too. Robyn said that it is most irritating at night. Her legs get hot, then they itch.
Douglas said it was unusual but none of us feel it is related to any cancer activity. However, to rule out that possibility, he has ordered Robyn a CT scan (chest and abdomen) to be done by the end of the month. He also mentioned that it might be wise to repeat the bone marrow test. I think Robyn is OK about having the CT scan (it is a year since she had one), but I don't believe she will go through another bone marrow test at this stage.
Robyn is going to try and tackle the itchiness with some creme she has been prescribed by her GP and also use some medicine that must act like an antihistamine. She also will catch up with her GP next week.
So that's where things are at the moment.
Following are some pics we took of the roadworks and Wellington Hospital
Taken while driving. New wide road !
Another of the new roadway.
Another awesome day in Wellington.
Pulling down the old hospital and preparing for the new.
New Wellington Hospital Cancer Outpatient & Radiation building. Nothing much from the outside, but rather nice inside. One thing that was most noticable was that there was more privacy.
Left Masterton around 11.30am as we had heard there were roadworks just south of the Twin Bridges at the bottom of the Rimutaka Hill Road, however there was hardly any delay there at all.
The new road on the Kaitokes is progressing well. There doesn't look to be much to go now and I would say we will shortly be driving the cutting in the hill. During Robyn's daily radiation trips, we watched the hill be "downsized". Quite amazing.
Arrived at the Wellington Cancer Society carpark in good time. We were surprised to see the new building development at Wellington Hospital - across the road from where we parked. It is still in the tear down stage and the rooms we used to visit are now being torn down. After getting a chest x-ray done, we had our first visit to the recently opened Cancer Outpatient Department. That has been the first part of the new hospital to be built and the rest of the new hospital will be built around it.
Robyn saw Dr Douglas Iupati. He said that Robyn's chest X-Ray looked good. Once again he did not have Robyn's blood results. She had those done last week at Masterton Hospital. We are not sure which hospital is at fault. Might need to check that one out. He had to ring for them and said that they looked fine.
Robyn's legs are still itching and she is scratching them until they bleed. She has a few on her arms too. Robyn said that it is most irritating at night. Her legs get hot, then they itch.
Douglas said it was unusual but none of us feel it is related to any cancer activity. However, to rule out that possibility, he has ordered Robyn a CT scan (chest and abdomen) to be done by the end of the month. He also mentioned that it might be wise to repeat the bone marrow test. I think Robyn is OK about having the CT scan (it is a year since she had one), but I don't believe she will go through another bone marrow test at this stage.
Robyn is going to try and tackle the itchiness with some creme she has been prescribed by her GP and also use some medicine that must act like an antihistamine. She also will catch up with her GP next week.
So that's where things are at the moment.
Following are some pics we took of the roadworks and Wellington Hospital
Taken while driving. New wide road !
Another of the new roadway.
Another awesome day in Wellington.
Pulling down the old hospital and preparing for the new.
New Wellington Hospital Cancer Outpatient & Radiation building. Nothing much from the outside, but rather nice inside. One thing that was most noticable was that there was more privacy.