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I hope things are resolving.
Mel
"Derek F." <Lordpilrig@NOXbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Dan" <forlorm.hope@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps a bit off topic but an example of the NHS in times of emergency
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> ignoring what the patient tell them .
> On the evening of 30th September my wife developed a pain under her left
> breast and towards her waist. The next morning she said it was painful
> when
> she took a deep breath. As the day went on the pain got worse but she
> would
> not phone the doctor. I was beginning to think pulmonary embolism but
> other
> symptoms were missing. She got through the evening but could only sit in a
> very upright position to be comfortable. She went to bed at midnight and
> woke up an hour later in severe pain. She also felt cold but sweaty.
> I phoned the newly set up NHS24 who deal with out of hours problems as our
> GP's now only work 9 till 5. I described the pain to the nurse who I was
> put through to and was told
> to give her two paracetemols. I said that the pain was more severe than
> one
> to be cured with that. I gave the phone to my wife who gave an update on
> the
> pain which was getting worse by the minute. The nurse said that she would
> send a doctor to see her within the hour. The pain was still getting worse
> and she then said that she would send an ambulance. Within five minutes
> two
> paramedics arrived in an ambulance, followed by two more in a car,
> followed
> by two more. The bedroom was getting a bit crowded. They did an ECG which
> was OK and gave her two aspirins to chew before fitting an oxygen mask.
> The
> ambulance took us to hospital and fortunately it was a quiet night for
> them
> with only a cardiac arrest patient before her. She was examined and
> another
> ECG was done which was again OK. She then had a chest X-Ray and some blood
> tests. The X-ray did not show anything so we waited for the blood results.
> The young doctor said that while they were not negative for signs of a
> blood
> clot they were only slightly positive. She gave her a shot of Heparin and
> a
> pain killer and said that the consultant would see my wife in the morning
> and decide if a CAT scan should be done. The CAT scan was done in the
> afternoon and showed nothing wrong and around 7pm she was told that she
> could go home. ER was by this time chock a block and patients on trolleys
> and wheel chairs were lining the corridor outside the assessment ward. I
> protested at her being released without a cause being found for the pain
> which was by now slight. We were told that 60% of patients admitted with
> chest pain did not have a cause found for it. From the position of the
> pain
> we had never been convinced that it was cardiac related and it seem too
> low
> down to be in the lung. The discomfort in the area continued and by the
> Monday my wife felt nauseous and had vile smelling breath and a nasty
> taste
> in her mouth. Several times after eating small meals she wanted to be
> sick.
> Last week she went to her GP who prodded the area which made her jump. His
> first thoughts, gastritis or an ulcer and set the wheels in motion for an
> endoscopy but in the meantime arranged for a barrage of blood tests. I
> asked
> why not use the blood tests already done by the hospital but he said that
> they had only done ones that were cardiac and lung related. His other
> expectation was a positive for Helicobacter Pylori.
> The blood tests did show Helicobacter Pylori and he has now started her on
> triple therapy to clear it and any ulcer she may have.
> Derek
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