My husband is scheduled to have his STC at Addenbrookes in Cambridge in February. He has been given 3 options for how the process is carried out, firstly, staying on the ward but in his own room. We seem to be being steered away from this as it is potentially noisy, difficult to sleep and more risk of infection (although this seems to be pretty high with any of the alternatives as well), the second is an on site apartment consisting of bedroom, 2 single beds and en-suite plus shared kitchen and lounge which could be shared with one other person having same treatment. I would be able to stay with him some or all of the time. The third option is to live mainly at home and just go in for the treatments and to be checked.The issue with this is that we live 30 minutes away from Cambridge and I don’t drive so the team consider it too risky in case he needs to be admitted quickly due to an infection.
The other complication is that we run our own business and have pets at home so would not be able to live in the on site apartment for the whole 3 week process but I also don’t want him to be on his own. We are really struggling to know what to do for the best. I wondered if anyone has been given these options and how the treatment panned out from a practical point of view?
