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....hospital for the second time this year !

I’m getting a little fed up of this now+ first new year with Diabetic Keto-acidosis, now this bank holiday with suspected ticker problems! I wouldn’t mind if the beds fitted my bulk and had a bariatric mattress & a hanging pole so I could move, but they haven’t and I can’t move at all, was looking forward to getting the camera out the back later on as well, never mind have to do it another day.
 
magicaxeman said:
....hospital for the second time this year !

I’m getting a little fed up of this now+ first new year with Diabetic Keto-acidosis, now this bank holiday with suspected ticker problems! I wouldn’t mind if the beds fitted my bulk and had a bariatric mattress & a hanging pole so I could move, but they haven’t and I can’t move at all, was looking forward to getting the camera out the back later on as well, never mind have to do it another day.
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Been there and wear the tee shirt

Developed type 2 diabetes 38 years ago and despite following the rules, in May 2006 my heart literally explored and I had 3 MIs in one night and another almost to the minue 7 days later.

105 days later after a triple by pass, I walked out of hospital on my own two feet, against the odds. At the time I was 128Kg and lunch was on the hoof or numerous pints of Guinness.

Now 87Kg and fighting back from a stroke but getting there 18 months on.

You live each day with what ails you and I can sympathise with your incarceration. It is never fun, even when surrounded by fantastic people for whom getting you well so you can go home is sometimes difficult to bottom out.

Keep focussed, strong and try to find a laugh in all of what is going on. Would try to send you something to help you but flowers and strippergrams are no longee PC! [emoji56]
 
I've been in hospital twice with DKA, the first time nearly killed me and the only reason for my survival was that I had one of my sons with me at the time. Both occasions resulted directly from either gross incompetence or negligence on the part of two separate GP's, one of them allegedly a diabetic specialist...
It's scary, but you just have to keep buggering on:)
 
Back home now, turned out to be a small heart attack, a lower branch of the rear coronary artery got blocked.
 
magicaxeman said:
Back home now, turned out to be a small heart attack, a lower branch of the rear coronary artery got blocked.
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Maybe you could step in for Meg's Dad. Glad to hear you are ok.
 
total chaos ,I had a ambulance out for the wife on saturday morning as she was doubled over in pain from her gall stones/gall bladder she is on the waiting list for a removal ,to be fair the ambulance was here in exactly six minutes ,the lads took her in she was rushed through A&E and admitted to a ward within a couple of hours ,but all they have done since is scans and tests ,it looks like she will be sent home today without the op being done ,its keyhole surgery in and out normally in half a day .so she has taken up a much needed bed for 5 days to be sent home in the same state as when admitted .total joke no wonder the NHS is in such a mess .the specialist has stated he won't do the op she will have to wait ,I wouldn't leave a dog in constant pain but they are a law to there f*****g selfes. complete waste of time and there only answer is if your in sever pain again phone a ambulance ,its like the f*****g magic roundabout
 
the black fox said:
she will be sent home today without the op being done ,its keyhole surgery in and out normally in half a day .so she has taken up a much needed bed for 5 days to be sent home in the same state as when admitted .total joke no wonder the NHS is in such a mess .the specialist has stated he won't do the op she will have to wait ,I wouldn't leave a dog in constant pain but they are a law to there f*****g selfes. complete waste of time
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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/acute-cholecystitis/#treating-acute-cholecystitis

Were they waiting for things to settle down before operating? My understanding is that waiting for inflammation to settle before operating reduces risk of complications and death (as reported by my neighbour who was admitted in a similar sounding situation).
 
the black fox said:
total chaos ,I had a ambulance out for the wife on saturday morning as she was doubled over in pain from her gall stones/gall bladder she is on the waiting list for a removal ,to be fair the ambulance was here in exactly six minutes ,the lads took her in she was rushed through A&E and admitted to a ward within a couple of hours ,but all they have done since is scans and tests ,it looks like she will be sent home today without the op being done ,its keyhole surgery in and out normally in half a day .so she has taken up a much needed bed for 5 days to be sent home in the same state as when admitted .total joke no wonder the NHS is in such a mess .the specialist has stated he won't do the op she will have to wait ,I wouldn't leave a dog in constant pain but they are a law to there f*****g selfes. complete waste of time and there only answer is if your in sever pain again phone a ambulance ,its like the f*****g magic roundabout
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Sigh. Look, I get you are angry but take a step back here.
I used to be a Charge Nurse in such a surgical ward, the issue with Cholecystitis is that if its gonna be keyhole surgery then it has to be done when the inflammations passed, it's way too risky (as in your wife could die) if done during an acute attack. Generally the advice is low fat diet and 6 weeks wait for the inflammation to go down, otherwise it will be an open cholecystectomy (much more open and longer recovery surgery with higher risks than keyhole surgery)

Either this wasn't explained to you or you didn't hear it and those 5 days will have been spent investigating to be sure it was simply gall stones rather than cancer or some other much more life threatening issue, and yes, if her pain IS severe again then make sure you do call an ambulance as if it's stones and one gets lodged in the duct and blocks it her gall bladder will swell, could rupture and she could die. So you may feel it's all f***ed up and a magic roundabout but it's the right course of treatment, simple.
 
Donnie said:
Sigh. Look, I get you are angry but take a step back here.
I used to be a Charge Nurse in such a surgical ward, the issue with Cholecystitis is that if its gonna be keyhole surgery then it has to be done when the inflammations passed, it's way too risky (as in your wife could die) if done during an acute attack. Generally the advice is low fat diet and 6 weeks wait for the inflammation to go down, otherwise it will be an open cholecystectomy (much more open and longer recovery surgery with higher risks than keyhole surgery)

Either this wasn't explained to you or you didn't hear it and those 5 days will have been spent investigating to be sure it was simply gall stones rather than cancer or some other much more life threatening issue, and yes, if her pain IS severe again then make sure you do call an ambulance as if it's stones and one gets lodged in the duct and blocks it her gall bladder will swell, could rupture and she could die. So you may feel it's all f***ed up and a magic roundabout but it's the right course of treatment, simple.
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My Dad was taken in with Gall bladder pain, operated on same day, put into intensive care for a couple of days, into normal ward for a further two days and discharged. Been fine ever since, so I have nothing but praise for NHS and A&E.
I am sure for every bad report there are many positive reports, not though that helps if you suffer a bad case.
 
Donnie said:
Sigh. Look, I get you are angry but take a step back here.
I used to be a Charge Nurse in such a surgical ward, the issue with Cholecystitis is that if its gonna be keyhole surgery then it has to be done when the inflammations passed, it's way too risky (as in your wife could die) if done during an acute attack. Generally the advice is low fat diet and 6 weeks wait for the inflammation to go down, otherwise it will be an open cholecystectomy (much more open and longer recovery surgery with higher risks than keyhole surgery)

Either this wasn't explained to you or you didn't hear it and those 5 days will have been spent investigating to be sure it was simply gall stones rather than cancer or some other much more life threatening issue, and yes, if her pain IS severe again then make sure you do call an ambulance as if it's stones and one gets lodged in the duct and blocks it her gall bladder will swell, could rupture and she could die. So you may feel it's all f***ed up and a magic roundabout but it's the right course of treatment, simple.
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Thank you very much for that explanation Donnie I have just read it out to her ,why couldn’t some one there have explained it like that .themind boggles
 
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