wee update number 2

[Shoshov]

hope everyone is as well as they can be and enjoying your sunday. still in costa nhs. still getting pains. all tests fine as usual so they’re keeping me in to see doctor tomorrow. in the mean time they’ve upped isosorbide to 120 mg. beginning to think it’s not angina. iv went without any up until3 months ago when they started me on 20mg a day to see how i coped with it, to 120mg. is anyone else on as high a dose and how does it make you feel. wee hamster on the wheel springs to mind🤣. have a great evening everyone ❤️shiona

[Lezzers]

Can't answer any of your questions unfortunately, but I'm sorry to hear you're still being held captive. Fingers & toes crossed that they can get you out of pain soon xx

[Manhattan1 in reply to Lezzers]

hiya!.. sorry to hear you’re still in hospital.. i’m currently on 100mg isorobide.. definitely not a wee hamster on a wheel lolol.. have to hold onto the bannister to haul myself upstairs!.. but not blaming isorobide for that lol..still getting intermittent chest pain that sometimes goes elsewhere plus nauseus feeling.. probably one of the reasons i’m heading for an angiogram in the next few weeks.. hope you get home soon👍

[Shoshov in reply to Manhattan1]

thanks manhattan. hope to get paroled today. i need my own bed😩

[Shoshov in reply to Lezzers]

hopefully be home in a few hours leslie. just waiting for docs. it’s been a long week. hopefully isosorbide will sort it out long term❤️

[Lezzers in reply to Shoshov]

So where are we at the moment? Still captive? Escaped? Tunneling out? Hope the pains are now under control xx

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

Sorry to hear they haven't resolved the pain issue, hope you can get it sorted. 🤞That's certainly a massive jump in medication!

You're not missing anything in the outside world, weather tomorrow def doesn't look good up in your neck of the woods, think if it was me and they were intent on discharge I'd try and blag another day with meals provided. 😊

[Shoshov in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

yeah i’m not impressed. i’ll see cardiologist soon and hopefully get home. no pain since lunch time yesterday. hopefully get home in time to watch the snow falling. simple pleasures🤣

[cowparsley]

Good morning Shiona,sorry to hear you`re still experiencing pain and still not sorted.Spirit suggested stay in, meals provided, if the food`s anything like my nearest hospital you`ll have lost a lot of weight by now.All the best for a solution.xx

[Shoshov in reply to cowparsley]

don’t worry. first taxi out when docs been. food is terrible. only thing you can depend on is the soup. which wouldn’t bother me but they only serve it at lunch. hopefully be home in a few hours❤️

[cowparsley in reply to Shoshov]

Great news xx

[Shoshov in reply to cowparsley]

oh dear. just found out i’m not paroled yet. totally gutted

[Manhattan1 in reply to Shoshov]

oh dear.. did they say why?

[Shoshov in reply to Manhattan1]

because iv had a restenosis they want to be extra careful they’ve not missed anything. i was picturing myself in coffee shop with my fruit tart😩

[cowparsley in reply to Shoshov]

So disappointing.Why is that?

[Shoshov in reply to cowparsley]

just want to make sure. so if no pain today. i should be good to go tomorrow 🙏

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to cowparsley]

I must have struck lucky in Liverpool Heart and Chest - the food was really nice(and this is coming from someone who is picky), chicken curry, roast dinner, toast and drinking chocolate as required. I guess there's a wide range of quality across the NHS.

[cowparsley in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

Lucky you but I`m never in for long stays thank goodness

[Shoshov in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

i wish. stodgy gloopy mess most of it. don’t mention toast they don’t have toasters i’m wards here so it comes from the kitchen wrapped in tin foil. by the time it hits the wards it could stretch across the clyde. i’m missing a bit of toast😩

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to Shoshov]

Oh I've clearly been spoilt. When I was in CCU, if I woke up in the night and one of the nurses spotted me awake, I'd get offered some toast and a mug of hot chocolate, all made just around the corner from my room.

I take it all back - hope you get out soon, and get something decent to eat! 🤞

[Shoshov in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

apparently they’re not allowed toasters because of health and safety. beaurocratic nonsense. sometimes when i’m poorly that’s all i want🤣

[Milkfairy Heart Star in reply to Shoshov]

I was told no toasters as they kept setting off the fire alarms and the hospital have to pay a fine for too many false alarms!

[Shoshov in reply to Milkfairy]

that sounds more plausible

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to Shoshov]

ah the old fall back of " we would but H&S won't allow it" Hope you get out tomorrow.

[Shoshov in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

thanks. me too

[Handel]

Hope you can escape today.

The yearning to get home reminded of my 97 year old dad who was in hospital because he broke his arm (decided to see if ice was slippery and went a cropper!). He hid his hospital food cutlery up his plaster cast and during the night carved away at the cast so he could slip his coat on and stroll out of the ward!!! It almost worked xxx

[cowparsley in reply to Handel]

Love it!

[Shoshov in reply to Handel]

ha ha love it

[Alison_L]

120mg? Wow, your arteries will be so wide you'll float out of the hospital when they release you. Hope you do get home today. xx

[Shoshov in reply to Alison_L]

i have to wait to see doctor tomorrow. what a great idea❤️

[Alison_L in reply to Shoshov]

GAH!!! Don't get institutionalised in there!

[Shoshov in reply to Alison_L]

no way alison🤣

[pjcag]

I do...I take 3 times a day...I don't feel any different from when I took 1

[Shoshov in reply to pjcag]

that’s good to know. i’m getting 40mg 3 times a day. does it do the trick?