Gp appointment after A&E discharge

[Fluffybee]

A&E dept didn’t give me a discharge letter and said they’d ring my Gp instead.

That didn’t happen.....I’ve a brilliant GP got a response from them.

The result of me going into A&E in the first place with chest pain radiating down my arms after having several GTN sprays over a couple of days ( I should’ve gone in earlier like I was advised to) thought it would go but wouldn’t shift.

Anyway..... the advice was to change one medication, brilliant I thought this one could be the one that helps..... wrong, it was one of just been taken off from as it wasn’t working well 🙄

Then it was an increase of a nitrate I take, again ...brilliant hallelujah I’m going to start to feel better.... wrong, they’d so called INCREASED it from 90mg to 90mg !!!!!!!!!! What!!!!!!!

So nothing has changed apart from going back to an old med.

Saw my Gp he’s actually increased my nitrate meds to 180mg and talking to cardiology about the other one, but having trouble getting to speak to one.

Luckily I do have a telephone conversation next week so hoping I can get a bit further as I want a bit more of my life back and have e this more in the background not in my face, so to speak.

Rant over sorry if I’ve bored you all but needed to come out 🥴😃

[Sunnie2day]

Don't apologise - that wasn't a rant, it was a venting of some very understandable frustration at what you went through at A&E.

Good to hear your GP is on the ball, and is the telephone consult with the GP or the cardiologist?

[Fluffybee in reply to Sunnie2day]

The consultant 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 at last, crazy celebrating talking to your cardiologist isn’t it.

Got a list of questions and I’m sure his conversation will bring up more questions.

Just need to remember what he’s said if I can write it down quick enough.

You ok ? 🤗

[Sunnie2day in reply to Fluffybee]

I'm holding up reasonably well, thank-you for asking

Small tip for talking to the cardiologist on the phone - ask him if you can put him on speaker and is he ok with you to record the conversation on a small peripheral device (love-love-love my digital mini-recorder, and my cardiologist is happy to be recorded).

The recording is especially helpful - I have Essential Tremor and handwriting is not easy especially when feeling stressed. With the recording I can simply re-listen as needed to make sure I catch everything the cardiologist said during the telephone consult.

If your consultant seems hesitant about being recorded, simply tell him you want to be the best patient you can be and the recording will mean the difference between you missing vital information, and eliminate (hopefully) the need for follow-up calls for information you missed hearing in the phone consult. It worked with my cardiologist He was also reluctant to do email exchanges - at first, now he prefers the method!

[Jsb1961 in reply to Fluffybee]

You can tell him do you mind if I record the appointment over the phone as I suffer with a bit of brain fog . I think you will find he will be ok with this .

Good Luck

[Fluffybee in reply to Jsb1961]

Yes I’ve decided to do that as it’s such a long awaited and important telephone consultation, I’m sure I’ll forget as soon as I’ve put the phone down.

Thank you !

[Milkfairy Heart Star in reply to Fluffybee]

Sunnie2day and Jsb1961 have given you some great advice.

You do have to get permission from your Cardiologist to record the consultation.

An alternative is to have some one you trust sitting with you taking notes for you.

I would consider asking to be referred to the Cardiologist in Papworth whose name I messaged to you.

[Fluffybee in reply to Milkfairy]

Yes I’m certainly going to ask him? Would it be him I ask to be referred on to Papeorth? Xxx

[Milkfairy Heart Star in reply to Fluffybee]

You can ask your Cardiologist or your GP to refer you to Papworth to see the specialist in Microvascular dysfunction and vasospastic angina.

[Fluffybee in reply to Milkfairy]

That’s brilliant, they’ll actually completely understand, how refreshing, have you been to see him ?

[Milkfairy Heart Star in reply to Fluffybee]

I have met him and he is involved in the PRIZE research which is trial for a possible new treatment for Microvascular angina

clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show...

My Cardiologist is also taking part. However I am not eligible for the trial ☹