Hope you don't wait too much longer. Its the not knowing how long that gets annoying
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Hope you’re sorted soon Bruneep, sadly yes sometimes it grinds to almost halt.
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a good friend of mine was diagnosed out of the blue 3 weeks ago with brain cancer. today her operation was cancelled 10 mins before she went in, surgeon already scrubbed up, because there wasn't a bed for her.
all the staff have been first class. shame their funding isn't.
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Have just read 'Do no harm' by Henry Marsh, a retired brain surgeon.
What a great read - humanity, tough decisions, operating successes and failures, frustration with NHS bureaucracy.
Suggest you read it.Posted 1 hour ago # -
He's got a bed and seen by jnr dr. No more I can do now he's in the hands of NHS.
Off homefor something to eat and up for work in a few hrs.Posted 18 minutes ago # -
I’ve had utterly amazing treatment from the nhs when back in 91 the car I was driving was forced off the road by another driver in a hit n’ run which left me paralysed and as about as close to death as possible due to internal damage and trapped in a car for 8 hours till I was found (bloody rural Galloway roads), a god of a surgeon (along with a visiting team of neurosurgeons from california] rebuilt my spine, reversed the paralysis as they managed to remove bone fragments from my cord (I lost two vertebrae though and gained enough TI metalwork to build a decent frame) and repaired nerve damage along with doing what they could with the internal organ damage in a 11hr procedure, and yet I’ve also received utterly abysmal treatment/misdiagnoses over a period of the previous 10 years in which I’m currently in talks regarding legal action.
A friend who is currently dying from secondary liver cancer had original diagnoses of osophegeal cancer (2016 August) and had operation to remove tumour and stretch stomach to rejoin to throat and remove his lymph nodes, operation was a success but they punctured his lung during operation and he suffered ever increasing chest pains for weeks till they noticed/paid attention to his complaints and gave him a scan, immediately inserted multiple drains to eventually sort him out, all was going well for him till mid summer 2017 when he began to experience crippling pain, the cancer had come back but attacked his liver so after a period of a 6 weeks he started his 1st chemotherapy of a supposed 3 sessions, only managed 2 sessions as the 3rd session was cancelled twice, then finally his white blood cell count dropped so chemo wasn’t suitable, took him in for an overnight stay last week to get a scan to see if the chemo had shrunk the tumours and to get his bloods checked for his suitability for 3rd chemo session, as he’s on a fentanyl driver, morphine driver and breakthrough injections (intense pain) he was promised a bed was waiting for him to step right into - not the case as we arrived at hospital approx 3.30 in afternoon yet he was not admitted to a ward and bed till 22.30 that night, the poor bastard had to sit in a waiting room as there was not enough staff to deal with admitting him.
When the NHS works, it works amazingly and is to be applauded without question time and time again - unfortunatly the lack of staff to deal with my mates situation above caused him insufferable pain and discomfort to the point that he’s never going back in to hospital (his words), the scan picked up blood clots on his lungs anyway so chemo is now too dangerous which is a shame as the two treatments so far have reduced the tumours. It’s his 51st birthday in April, he hopes to see it.
Ps - typed on my phone so the above prob doesn’t read that great
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