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23rd March 2020, Prof Watkin gets on the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad news. Or maybe it isn’t<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello Mr Little, unfortunately we\u2019re going to have to cancel your op this Wednesday. Our robotic surgeon, and two of my senior team are sick.  All non emergency ops will be cancelled in a couple of weeks. We can\u2019t offer you a new date so we\u2019ll move to plan C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re a large powerful man, with very large muscles so it\u2019s counter productive to use traditional surgical techniques. You would be out of action for months recovering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll confirm with the Royal Marsden tomorrow but we\u2019re going to move you straight to radiotherapy<\/a> as soon as possible\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s fabulous news!  You had me at cancelled. You didn\u2019t have to say all those nice things about how magnificent I am and buy me dinner\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s next?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

As far as anyone can tell, there’s no new disease, and it\u2019s just a bit of radiotherapy to tidy everything up. \u00a0(FOR 6 WEEKS, 5 DAYS A WEEK!) That’s what I heard anyway…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s probably the right answer though.  I\u2019ll now have radiotherapy both sides of my groin, and to my pelvic nodes. That will happen whether there\u2019s any microscopic disease there or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a few weeks left on the antibiotics, so the sepsis doesn\u2019t reoccur. My big surgical scars are really well healed and I\u2019m able to work on my fitness<\/a> again.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I actually managed most of the Joe Wickes PE session this morning, and I\u2019ve been chasing Sam round the garden too. As far as I’m concerned, everything is moving in the right direction!  I\u2019ll be back on the road, running in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, I\u2019ll be posting a pic of the mighty Cyberknife when I get to the marsden next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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