It's strange, isn't it, when there's something nasty in the offing (in this case my annual post-cancer check-up) that everywhere you look, you see information about it? For the last week or so, every time I turn on the radio or TV there's an article about some form of cancer or an advertisement from a cancer charity or health insurance focussing on cancer. Even my mailbox isn't free of spam from cancer charities trying to get me to contribute, visit their shops and so on. Maybe there's simply an upsurge in interest in health issues around the turn of the year, resulting in much greater visibility, or could it just be that feeling stressed about something makes you notice any mention of it?
Just over a week to go and I'm beginning to lose sleep about the appointment. It's not that I'm worried about a recurrent cancer - I'm sure I'm fine. It's just that my experience of the health service has not inspired confidence, and the publications from cancer research charities that now suggest annual check-ups of this sort simply serve to stress the patient and waste everyone's time rather add fuel to my fire of resentment!
I want to get on with my life, not be dragged back to its lowest point once a year.
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