Watched Holby City Tuesday night and was shocked that a man went in with a cough and was diagnosed with COPD and got a Lung Reduction same

[Cakes]

day. I had to wait months only to be told my lungs were too bad to do it. Wish I lived in Holby !

[kimmy59]

I've often had this conversation with my husband, wonderful place Holby. I watched one where a young man had a living lung transplant from his parents just like that, if only. Actually that might have been Casualty.

Kim xxx

[Sohara]

Cakes not everyone is suitable for lung reduction, I doubt if in real life a decision to have this operation would be decided that quickly

These programs are interesting but not always true to life

[coastal1]

I saw that too. Seem to remember a similar case with a woman a few weeks ago who had been admitted with a cough and sob . She too was taken down for urgent lung reduction surgery !

[scrobbitty]

The possible consequences of unrealistic story lines such as these is that no doubt the one decision maker at the DWP has watched that program and then looked at a claim for DLA from a person having COPD and will decide that it's easily fixed and refuse the claim! Probably not as far-fetched as the story line sadly xx

[Hidden]

I always say to my husband that if I take bad I don't want to be admitted to Holby!!!

Good job it is all just make believe on Holby and Casualty.

I enjoy watching them as I like to pull both programmes to pieces about the Nursing and Medical procedures!!! Don't get me wrong, I love watching both programmes but I always have my Nursing hat on when doing so. lol

Thérèse

[PollyP]

I guess on the upside there is always the bonus of increasing awareness of COPD and Treatments available, even if we have to wait considerably longer for them

Great prog on BBC last night, 'Burning Desire' about the tobacco industry, pt 2 coming soon. Have a sunny day....

[Cakes in reply to PollyP]

Hi pollyP I have just watched the burning desire program part 1 I thought it was good I will watch part 2 later have a good day .

[Offcut]

So you are telling me it is not a documentary!!!!

[Sohara]

Oh no don't say that offcut soon you will be saying there is no Father Christmas

[out-for-lunch]

The worry for me is both are filmed quite locally ....... Cardiff now, but used to be Bristol - & I live between the two. One of the casualty 'nurses' lives in my village ..... we have an emergency defibrillator hanging in a glass cabinet outside the village shop ....... one hopes she is not around if it's ever needed.