Well things are still happening, not quite in the order originally expected. A appointment to see Mr A on Tuesday the 25 to explain things.I thought that I was going to have started my chemo and radiation therapy by now,but on the phone Mr A has told me that the is a slight delay in the histology results, oh joy.
So he made a appointment for me to have a asperated ultrasound scan, now I seem to remember something about if you have difficulty clearing the gunk out of the lungs after a bypass, they can aspartate you. That is stick a tube down your throat and hoover it out, so if that is the case just call me ash, I hope that unlike him it's a nice sterile tube and not a facehugger.He is also sending me to Stoke for a pet scan, I don't think that is going to involve looking at cute furry animals, more likely it's a green cannula and something vaugely radioactive into the system.
I was then called by first off a nurse from the ENT Cancer team just to see how I was holding up, which was nice. Then I got a call from the cardiac nurse again to reassure me that nothing being proposed was going to cause problems with the pump or that lovely cocktail of drugs.
So as I was feeling just a little bit down I went out for a drink with a friend who has had a bypass, mutual support from a fellow traveler I thought, Simon's words of wisdom " well A bypass lasts ten to twelve years, so it's likely you won't have to go through that again" I was so happy with his wise words I had a couple more drinks.
And just to show that the NHS is actually a fairly wonderful organisation, that strike that is happening at the moment, especially today which has consultants both the Dr's and Mr's participating. Well at 9.05 this morning I was told ,we have a new appointment for you with dr D at 3.00 today in Telford. Apparently the is a picket line but I shall happily be a scab and cross it.
How is that for service,we are on strike, so come on over today.
And a P,S . While sitting in the waiting room in Telford (both Dr D and Mr D are running late) while sitting I get a phone call from Stoke about the pet scan.
Monday 2.00 at Lyme x-ray department.
So nil by mouth for six hours apart from water they like you to be really really well hydrated. I suspect that all of the radioactive isotopes heat your body and you evaporate it out as a contaminated persperation, or possibly it aid's the clarity of the scan .
So it's going even faster, I just hope that it is not full tilt into a wall.
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Hi Rogo23 hope your doing well. Soinds like a lot of appointments coming up that's good that your being seen to even with the strikes x wish you all the best with your appointments ❤️
well what your friend said about the length of a bypass lasting ten years ain’t true in my case.My stories on here somewhere at 31 had a triple now 77 still here playing very competitive walking football. Also going for the record with the Guinness Book of Records.Of course drugs have played an important part in my longevity and doing the things I do at this age surprises me.So don’t give up hope good things can still happen.
Naah it's Simon, I strapped a mouth organ to the bottom of his car last week as a get back for another joke,we have spent close on fifty five years being moderately nasty to each other.I actually asked Mr R about how long the rebuild was going to last and he gave me a ten to twenty five years time frame. It's a piece of string thing.
Si was just making a joke and he actually cheered me up rather a lot, not unlike the time after I crashed my car and he said that it was a improvement in the quality of the bodywork, he really didn't like BMW's.
But thank you for the thought 31 is a good aiming point I will give it a go.
Goodness me, you certainly are getting around a bit. It's good to know that you are a priority case given the current strike action... people with ingrowing toe nails must have been shunted to the back of the queue. 😯
I think your bypass friend Simon had a different Mr to me. My Mr told me stents 10+ years, bypass 25+ years. I've a friend who has had his bypass 40+ years... obviously a careful user. If I can follow in his footsteps, I will make 106 years of age or even more. 😂
Mr R said if you don't make any changes see you in eight to ten years, behave with the diat and excersise and it's twenty five or more.Si is just after my stuff,he really wants my lathe and table saw 😂.
Thankfully my offspring prefer to have me around than have a desire to get their hands on my possessions. Amateur radio kit is obviously not as appealing as a lathe and table saw. 😂 Maybe providing free child minding services has something to do with it. Then again, that's my wife's role - I just provide the support services. 😀
They don't want your ham gear? You have a chance to correct that with the recipient's of the child minding.Get them young, and it's possible to start them towards the dark side of the force.
I was licensed well before I was married, so was often "missing in action" (in the shack) when my kids were growing up. Even though my son is interested in IT, does computer programming and works with CAD, he's never latched onto analogue communications. Old hat I guess.
Well that all sounds positive for you and happening soon. I know someone who had a bypass 30years ago and is still fine . In his early 80s now and well and able. Good luck going forward
Its drizzling here and worried that the Ashes might be washed out today as that was going to be my entertainment for the day!
We are all different as we can see from the discussions here on treatments and medication and the end results. As you dad proved, bypasses can last for many years and techniques are much better these days.
When I was in hospital most of those there were in to have work done again, but without exception they had taken no notice of their health and were at the least very overweight or at worst obese. People should realise these heart events are a warning and learn from them.
We have been watching reruns of Frasier and in a recent one Niles had a heart attack and a bypass. This was from 2002 and they were treating it as absolutely normal. So they also had the knowledge over 30 years ago as your dad had shown.
So those ((understandably) worried about a forthcoming bypass operation can take heart (!) from the fact that they are very well established, indeed routine and carried out by top people at the peak of their abilities.
It seems to be a more permanent solution than a stent should there be a choice of one or the other. However if we then clog it all up with the wrong fuel and don't take exercise and put on weight, then your health is likely to be compromised.
They are just pontificating on the Test at present so no play, possibly not for the day. So your son might be roaming the house shortly, raiding the fridge.
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