I knew I shouldn't have rang Cardiac Admissions today.Warning Long rant!

[kkatz]

Not really looking for advice just need to vent my frustration.Ok I am awaiting ablation & but on admissions list 31st August.told 18 -22 weeks so I thought probably 6 months so can safely book a trip to our apartment 5/1 to 6/2.

Rang to get idea of possible date & told longer but when they actually looked at where I am in list told January and when I suggested I ring mid January they said ring beginning of January.So rang today as didn't want to be told day before I go to change my plans.

Rang & left message.They rang me back & said at least Feb as been very busy over Christmas & went on to say that I had been offered dates in December which I didn't take! Not me got the wrong person not my records.Then told if I was going abroad I was not available anyway.Explained flights daily so no probs & had been told as long as a English mobile.Conversation was very difficult as in the middle of my outdoor walk..So I go away with no idea & a months car hire booked.She said she will ring me when she looks at schedules.

But is she going to ring me or the person that turned down ops in Dec?

You know just writing this has helped & what is a few extra weeks!

Had all this last year and they rang me & offered a date the day after I was told at least 6 weeks .

It has been 2 years of fighting & waiting to get things done.

[BobD Volunteer]

Sadly this often happens. Since the procedure is not life saving, but only for quality of life, ablations have to fit in with more urgent surgery or procedures.

I remember being phoned one Tuesday telling me to be at hospital in London by 2pm next day ( I live 250 miles away) . When I explained that I was racing that weekend and it was too short notice, the EP rang me later and told me the following Wednesday or legally he would have to pass my case to another EP as I was about to go over the max waiting time permitted. I complied of course. lol 😁

[kkatz in reply to BobD]

Thanks Bob , always the first to answer.But at least you were speaking to the people that knew you & even had the right facts in front of them.

[CDreamer]

When I was to go in for my PM I was bumped 3 times and on the day I was finally to get it they said they would ring to confirm on the day - they rang at 12 noon expecting me to be there before 1pm????

Unfortunately uncertainty increases anxiety so glad your rant helped and something comes through soon.

[Ppiman]

Goodness how frustrating can it get? I can't add anything except let's hope it's all sorted soon. We do have wonderful daughter-in-law, however, who is a nurse and that allows me to realise how much tougher it is from their perspective. Covid infections seem to have sent the number of heart cases rocketing and the number of cardiologists and nursing staff has diminished in the years following Brexit and the pandemic.

The UK currently offers a very far from encouraging picture for anyone who isn't on an even keel either health-wise or financially. It's very sad that it has come to this.

Steve

[Hylda2]

Friend rushed into hospital Christmas last year with fluid on the brain. File marked urgent. Was offered two operations one in November one December. Both cancelled day before op! Now walk with a stick, can’t drive!! Still no idea when she will go in. 😢

[Ducky2003]

I was referred for an urgent cardiac MRI in Sept. Having not heard anything by end of Nov, I rang and was passed from radiology to cardiology and back and forth until I threatened to appear, in person at my EPs Friday clinic.Cardiology had referred as urgent but imaging consultant had then mistakenly noted it as routine.....at least he held his hand up and I'm now having it in a couple of weeks.

On a lighter note, I turned up for a different MRI earlier in the year and the nurse checking my details before I went in, asked me when I'd had the baby.

I replied "what baby?" ...... "The baby you were expecting so we had to cancel your last appointment"

When I informed her that she had gotten me mixed up with another patient, she was horrified and very apologetic........... I was just quite pleased that she thought I looked young enough to have a baby 🤣🤣🤣.

[wilsond in reply to Ducky2003]

Oh Ducky!!

[Cha275rL]

Aww for pity’s sake, how frustrating is that. At least you can have a good rant on here. Good luck🤞