I was in hospital a fortnight ago with a very bad arrhythmia . Since coming home I was allergic to the meds I was given, contacted my GP and after several messages between my wonderful GP and cardiologist it was decided I need no medication and the arrhythmia should be ok because it happens only very infrequently ( 6 moths ago was the last time).
Then on Saturday I got a letter with an appointment to go to the 'cardiology test clinic' on August 3rd. It didn't say who had made the appointment or why. Prior to the hospital episode one of my GPs had said she would arrange to speak to cardio because my pain consultant needed a report so I assumed it was her . I rang the surgery to find out , thinking it may not now be necessary since I'd actually seen cardio.and got a reply that , NO it wasn't her; it was arranged by the hospital on my discharge.
Why on earth don't they tell you what they are planning when you are discharged?
I was given a printed discharge summary that just said "extra systolic arrhythmia and unstable angina." The cardiologist has since said it's very likely that I didn't have angina. I didn't have a clue what the arrhythmia meant and had to google it; I only saw the cardiologist for about 4 minutes and had no chance to even think let alone ask questions and now I haven't a clue why I have to go to the test clinic.
It was such a waste of my and my GP's time having to try to find out who arranged this appointment. CArdiology seems particularly bad at giving you information unless you specifically ask. After my heart attack I didn't even see a cardiologist to actually speak to.