Good news

Indeed, the best. Last week I was extolling the NHS (here) and the speed with which things were being set up to investigate the cause of my problem. So, on Tuesday this week I had a CT scan and, afterwards, saw a chest specialist. It seemed pretty conclusive that the shadow on my lung was a tumour, but more tests were required. Before I left the hospital on Tuesday, a bronchoscopy had been booked for today. Soon after I reached home (this is still Tuesday) I had a phone call from another department who wanted me in yesterday for other tests on my lungs.

So this morning they shoved a tube up my nose and down the windpipe into my lungs - not a particularly pleasant experience. But the shadow was actually a thick mucous which was partially blocking one lung - no cancer after all. OK, so there is still the little matter of what caused the secretion of the mucous, but that is a minor matter.