Step4: Demolition
"What's that noise?" "It must be the bin men". It was 8.35am, and, being as we are both on holiday, we were still in bed.It wasn't the bin men. Our builders had turned up. They have started to demolish the roof. We are on our way.
Buenos días, this is Elda Hospital
Last June, that’s June 2023, I went to the doctor and said that I had the sensation of a lump in my throat. She felt around a bit, said it was probably nothing, but asked for a consult with a specialist from Ear, Nose, and Throat. In Spanish, that’s otorrinolaringología, and I’ve already got into the habit of saying otorrino, so that’s what I’ll probably use from now on. The request for the consult was ordinary priority. It took nearly a year for the otorrino to see me - May 28th this year, in fact. He shoved a camera up my nose and down my throat and recognized the potential for throat cancer straight away. He dropped some pretty broad hints to me as well. Doctors though, very seldom, give bad news until their experience is backed up with test results. He set the ball in motion. He ordered an MRI scan, a resonancia, and things started to move. For the resonancia, the thing where you lie down in a big tube that makes a lot of noise while you try to stay stock still, the state syst...
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