Its been a while since i have been around to maintain perrysworld.

Theres a very good reason for this, i’ll start at the beginning .

September 2023 , i attended my yearly diabetic review and im pleased to say my HBA1C scored 35 … thats even better than last year.

HOWEVER…

Blood was discovered in my urine sample.

On having 3 more samples checked , i was still showing whats called an invisable hematuria.

This flagged up on the medical system as suspected bladder cancer. Therefor i was fastracked under the 2 week wait to my local hospital for tests. I had full blood tests and urine samples taken for cancer markers , an ultrasound scan of my bladder and kidneys , a cystoscopy to look inside my bladder and finally a CT scan to check for problems to the upper tract and kidneys.

All the tests came back clear at the end of 2023 except for my CT scan …. i’m pleased to say that the results of that came through today and thats also clear.

Its been a very traumatic 6 months to say the least. They presume that the blood may be due to my lifelong medication of apixaban ( a blood thinner ) thats taken to prevent another DVT. ill be staying on apixaban as the benefit outweighs the risk of not taking them.

Further to this , i will be staying on my anti depressants and anti anxiety medication as well as my lifelong blood pressure medication.

Hopefully things can only get better from here on in and i can now focus on my hobbies and keeping the website updated regularly .