I'm somewhat gobsmacked!

[gladliz]

Just had phone call from local hospital. ( This is a bank holiday Sunday Morning by the way ) inviting me to drop in any time before 4.00pm for a chest X-Ray. 😯I saw the Spirometry nurse on Tuesday for a follow up to a test I had in November regarding Asthma? and she referred me. I was expecting to have to wait a few weeks/ months for the usual letter. So at the moment I'm impressed.😊

Before anyone complains that this post is not heart related I have had Afib for the past 11 years, on usual cocktail of meds, and have been getting more breathless as time has gone on. 😡

The powers that be are now trying to decide if it's a) Asthma. b) Heart related or c) I'm just totally unfit or as is most likely d) a combination of all 3. I live in N.Wales and flat ground is at a premium.🚵

Off now to breakfast and shower before I venture into the germ factory as the Masked Invader,😷 not many of us about now, 😞and I am recovering from a recent attack of the Voldamorts.😱 Gutted as managed to avoid it for the past 3 years.😠😠

Watch this space.

[Captain_Birdseye]

They must have gotten a cancellation, fantastic for you!

Let us know how it goes.

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Good luck with your X-Ray and that's you and me still wearing a mask in public.

Sorry to hear of your wrestle with the Voldamorts but well done for hiding so long from it.

Take care

[Tos92]

My local hospital do walk ins during the week for x-rays provided that the GP has sent over a referral. So usually go in without an appointment.

I’m one of a very few who still wear my mask 😷 too.

Let us know how you get on.

Tos

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Hello

Well this is good news getting it done so quick and you can find out what the cause is

Yes I avoided the unmentionable to till just before Christmas last year and it struck but I agree get your mask on

Hope you will let us know when you get the results

Good Luck x

[Yumz199725]

Wow that's amazing to get an appointment on a Sunday and bank holiday weekend aswell. This can be tricky because breathless can be caused by heart disease and asthma and sometimes it's hard to pinpoint which one, I was having issues that I was convinced was heart related so I emailed my specialist nurse and she called me back and assured me it was not heart related was likely to be my asthma 🤦‍♀️. Hope you get to the bottom of what's causing this I know it can be a nightmare! ❤️

[Stoer in reply to Yumz199725]

I agree - it can be a nightmare trying to get someone to diagnose what's causing breathlessness! GP and asthma nurse say it's my heart, but cardiologist (private because my NHS one is working 18 months behind - so I might see him in December) says that my echocardiogram doesn't show up anything that would cause my breathlessness!

[Yumz199725 in reply to Stoer]

That always happens to me my asthma team say its my heart and heart team say its asthma 🙈🤦‍♀️. Hope your not waiting to long to find out what's causing the breathlessness x