The finale to The Appointment Cock up lol

[wilsond]

I know you have all been waiting with bated breath all day so thought I'd put you out of your misery ! ( only joking ,but I did promise to report back)Appt for 9.45 so got there quite early, all ready for a fight( extra heavy handbag ready for use as a weapon)

But they spoilt my fun as I was expected AND got taken in early. ( probably wanted to get rid of me asap)

Upshot is this:

During the first week of cutting Flecanide in half,I had 2 AF events, recorded these on my Kardia and also a couple of migraines,which I haven't had for a long time.

Long discussion and it was mutually decided to put me on RF ablation as a touch up. I mentioned that it was pretty gruesome when they did the cti line for flutter and I was not keen on a repeat performance! He said that this time would be much quicker doing the actual work,most time spent on careful mapping beforehand.

I said do you do GA and he said that not unless we have to(?)

So I then quizzed him about why I wasn't sedated. He looked surprised ( he didn't do the ablation ) looked at my notes and said Oh they only gave you 1 mg of(**?) They could have given you up to 10mg.

Hmm 'sometimes they hold back in case they have to do a CV'

'Well,if you can't guarantee proper sedation I'm not coming!' I said so it's now on my notes, clearly identifiable!

8 months wait,and he said we can review this,if you stay in nsr we may change the plan.

I shan't be telling my sons and their families until the night before,as they whitter and fret,and hover around me as if I am an invalid ,don't do that,don't do this etc ( lovely to be so lived but frankly irritating !)

So there we are . I feel great and ,touch wood,all seems settled again.

Keep calm and take the tablets!

Have a great weekend all!

Thank you as ever for your much appreciated support.

Dawn xx

[Ducky2003]

I had a virtual appt today. T/call due at 11.45am. I moved patients around to be available and then sat there until 2.30pm with steam beginning to come out of my ears. Rang his secretary and left a voicemail saying I had to now go out so he'd have to ring on my mobile.He finally rang at 3.50pm, very apologetic but said it had been a very busy clinic today.

Clearly, you had sent them into a meltdown this morning so I blame you entirely for my delay 🤣.

It's a good job we put our foot down about things as lots of peeps just accept what they are told.

Hopefully you won't have too long to wait. I take it that it wasn't the Prof you saw this morning then?

[wilsond in reply to Ducky2003]

No ,he's like a Yeti,might see the footprints but not The Bloke. Thomas Lachlan.Oh Ducky! How aggravating. Grrrrrrr

[Ducky2003 in reply to wilsond]

🤣. Not heard of Thomas. Must be a newbie. He's probably handed in his notice, then lay down with a cold compress and pint of creme de menthe after you'd gone 🤣.

[wilsond in reply to Ducky2003]

Lol I I did get my moneys worth ,had a list of questions and was in there 30 mins! 30!

[Ducky2003 in reply to wilsond]

I can top that. My 2 appointments with the heart surgeon have both been over an hour. I wrote my list of questions on a roll of wallpaper 😁.

[wilsond in reply to Ducky2003]

Apologies for causing hoo Haa lol

[Hidden]

All looking positive Dawn, all being well, you’ll be hopping around like a spring chicken in the spring 😉

[wilsond in reply to Hidden]

Oh yes!!

[BobD Volunteer]

Sounds promising Dawn. Reminds me of the chap who went to the dentist. Grabbed his watsits and said "Now we aren't going to hurt each other are we."

[Ducky2003 in reply to BobD]

Funny you should say that, but when I first visited my dentist 20 years ago, I explained I was adverse to pain, and cupped my hand and said that last line........ I didn't actually grab his oojits though 😁.

[wilsond in reply to Ducky2003]

😆

[pusillanimous in reply to Ducky2003]

A friend of mine (dentist ), had a medical doctor in the chair, a gentleman (the medic) not renowned for his empathetic character. My friend had made the mistake of not removing the burr from one of the handpieces on the stand. He turned quickly and caught his arm on this sharp little tool, in fact, it was impaled in his arm.With blood pouring down his arm and in severe danger of sepsis, instead of helping, the (do no harm) medic lay in the chair laughing his head off. I think it was the best laugh he'd had in years !

[wilsond in reply to pusillanimous]

😅😅😅

[wilsond in reply to BobD]

Love it

[Finvola in reply to BobD]

😂😂😂

[Finvola]

Sounds like a good consultation Dawn - with super patient input (well done) and I'm glad your heart has settled.

[wilsond in reply to Finvola]

Thank you 😊

[JaneFinn]

Thank you so much for letting us know how it went -we definitely needed to hear! You did so well with all your questions and necessary assertiveness. I’m glad they seem to have pulled themselves together for this appointment

Hoping your heart stays calm now. - and maybe even no need for the touch up. But if you do, at least you’ve got it clear about the sedation! (I can’t believe they only gave you 1mg - recently a gastroenterologist gave me 3mg of Midazolam combined with 3mg of something else just for an endoscopy!)

Hope you can relax now! Jx

[wilsond in reply to JaneFinn]

Might as well have not bothered with 1 mg! Yes see how it goes, thank you 😊

[CDreamer]

Well that was a waste of a heavy loading - in the handbag I mean!

Hope you don’t need the touch up and all ends in NSR beforehand.

[wilsond in reply to CDreamer]

The brick was just a precaution lol! See how it all pans out. Thank you friend xx

[ETHEL103]

Great news about touch up.Im going the same way I think so will be interested to hear your progress.Im getting lots of Pacs and SVES also some tacky.My verapimil was stopped immediately after my flutter ablation last May and have done well since then but the horrible ectopic lumps and bumps are happening a lot.All day yesterday.X

[ETHEL103]

Can I ask where you had your ablation mine was St Thomas's under Proff Gill tho it was one of his team.I had GA.?

[wilsond in reply to ETHEL103]

Walsgrave Coventry ( UHCW,) fingers crossed for you too

[Singwell]

My touch up worked well. Hopefully yours will do. Well done for digging those 👠 in.

[wilsond in reply to Singwell]

Thank you 😊

[irene75359]

I am laughing all the way through this thread! Pleased your appointment went well, though!

[wilsond in reply to irene75359]

Thank you 😊

[bassets]

Hope things settle for you now - onward and upwards!

[wilsond in reply to bassets]

Thank you ! 😊

[Lilypocket]

Great news! Fingers crossed for you that you don't have to wait too long and more importantly you get properly sedated (and don't have to use your extra heavy handbag to make your point 😅) X

[wilsond in reply to Lilypocket]

Lol! Thank you xx