Good NHS Appointment Time

[Prada47]

Hello

Just a little praise for the NHS .

I saw my Heart Nurse on the 5th March and she said I needed an up to date Echo after a year on Entresto

Appointment came to day for the 26th March so only 3 weeks from appointment to Echo good service.

Thanks Heart Failure Clinic

Better still received an appointment today for Cardiologist on 30th March to review results of Echocardiogram Either I am more Sick than I thought and they need to hurry things up or they are very efficient.

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

That's seriously good service. To be honest if you were going private you'd probably struggle to beat that for a quick response. Well done NHS.

[Benzman]

There are times when the NHS excels like in your instance.

I started getting pains in the left temple going down to the jaw and having problems chewing:

Day1: contacted the surgery, GP appointment within an hour and blood test 1 hour later (suspected temporal artritis) + prescription for steroids

Day2: results back & clear. Used the Econsult form to ask the GP if I should stop the meds. Submitted at 5:45pm & telephone reply at 6:10pm saying keep taking them & another appointment on Day3.

Day3: GP appointment, 1 hour later a different blood test.

Day5: Phone call from GP at 8:20am saying I have to attend hospital that afternoon even thought he bloods were clear. Consultant does all the checks & phones rheumatologist & appointment arranged for day 7.

Day7: Consultant does scan (also clear) and then says I need biopsy the following week.

Day9: Appointment date comes through.

Day11, 6am (today) sitting typing this waiting for taxi to Royal Bournemouth Hospital!

They couldn't be quicker if they tried.

Oh, by the way, I appear to have the symptoms of temoral artritis without actually having it (Eh?)

[Kristin1812 Heart Star in reply to Benzman]

Excellent. My husband’s Temporal arteritis was also treated exceptionally promptly (just like yours) by the NHS, including a call from Pathology at 9.0 at night. Wonderful NHS!

[Prada47 in reply to Benzman]

RBH is a good place to be going, because if they can't handle it they don't seem to hesitate to move you on to another expert location.

Quite honestly I have never had Medical problems with the NHS it's the Admin that's awful !!IMHO

Regards

[aqualates]

Hope you don't mind this reply. Last month my doctor took me off Lozartan and me put on Entresto, I was wondering if you have had any side effects after taking it a year? Have you seen any improvement in your condition? Last week when I saw the cardiac nurse my blood pressure was lower than usual so I have to keep a check on that.

[Prada47 in reply to aqualates]

Hello

I got to the mid dose of Entresto 49/51mg but my Heart Nurse will not increase to Maximum dose which is 97/103mg due to my current ECG readings. It looks like for me I have maxed out on Medication and now looking at a CRT device. From what I can gather Entresto will not sort out the problem I have with my Heart Failure !! I know from another web site I use " Pumping Marvellous " that Entresto has provided some seriously good results for some H F patients.

I must stress I have had bypass surgery and stents so not just a straight forward case of HF. I did go for around 30 years without Medication for a Heart Attack I had when I was 32 years old !! Consultant told me that's when damage probably occurred, but didn't have the imaging then that they have now !!

I didn't have any side effects from the Entresto and I am still taking the 49/51mg dose twice daily whilst waiting for the next move.

Regards

[BlueJRW]

Thanks for your post on Entresto, I've just started on this medication so interesting to know what monitoring is undertaken going forward.

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Efficient I would say. ☺️