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The next hurdle is the trans-jugular biopsy.
It's a 2.5 hour journey one-way.
Having cheerfully told Limey that it must be an in and out apointment as no other info was included in my appointment letter, I have since looked it up on the internet.

No.

This is much more serious.
We travel from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes to start with. approx an hour but may be 1.5 as we've heard rumours the direct bus is not longer running (local cuts.)
The MK to Cambridge - 1.5 hours.

I am then facing a procedure of an hour - one I have to lie still for completely and this time I will be conscious.
And after that - none of this mentioned on the little confirmation I received - I have to be monitored by a nurse for 3-4 hours afterwards.

Bearing in mind this will take me to 17.05 before I am even ready to leave hospital (and that's assuming everying is running on time and to plan), by the time we catch the coach back to MK, it's likely the Aylesbury buses will have stopped running by then anyway.

We're in a real pickle over this.
We've run through friends and rellies who might take us. Or just me, and drawn a blank.
Am going to call Addenbrookes tomorrow and see if they would be willing to put me up for the night. Anyone with experience of the NHS will be laughing like a drain right now. In fact I heard two nurses scoffing today about someone making a similiar enquiry at Luton & Dunstable (where I was.) "Yeah, don't worry love, we're just a hotel here!" they laughed after the phone was put down.

But what can I do?
Even if I chanced lying and leaving alone, I'd hardly be in a condition to spend the night in a bus station in MK alone.

Wonder if it's too late to check out sofa surfing in Cambridge?