1 day assessment.

First of all, thank you to all who replied to my post about fatique, constant panic at the moment!

My husband has his first appt. next Friday at St. James, Leeds. He's wondering what might happen, has anyone been?

[Yuiop]

I will follow your post, as my husband has his 19th till 23rd. Hope all goes well for you all, I got no idea what to expect or when we will find out results.

[Dulux]

If he is in for assessment, be prepared for waiting around, I was in for 3 days when I had mine. Just think of it as a top to toe check over, nothing particularly bad, arterial blood gas test isn’t that pleasant, but the rest is pretty straight forward. There are a few detailed guides to assessment tests and peoples experience.

[Yuiop in reply to Dulux]

What happens with the arterial blood test please

[Kate50 in reply to Yuiop]

Hi, the arterial blood test is just a blood test that is taken from your wrist it is a tad unpleasant, but just a blood test so don’t worry, 🌸

[LAJ123 in reply to Yuiop]

Hi,

We have both had arterial blood taken, mine in the pre transplant assessment and Lucy a few times when quite ill with pneumonia.

Have to confess that I wasn't looking forward to it, but as it turned out, it was fine. With a surface anaesthetic it just felt like someone pushing hard on the inner side of my wrist. Differently to a normal blood sample being taken, In order to get an arterial blood, the needle has to go quite deep and a bit of effort is required from the doctor taking the sample.

If you are anxious, just make sure that they are aware and they will take time to make sure you are completely relaxed and ready for the procedure. Having someone holding your hand and talking to distract can also go a long way to making it less stressful.

Hope the whole assessment goes well and you get the result that you want.

Jim and Lucy

[Hidden in reply to LAJ123]

Wow you’ve educated me Jim and Lucy.

Btw shouldn’t it be Lucy And Jim.....😁

Miles

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[LAJ123 in reply to Hidden]

Depends on who wrote the reply !

Jim

[Hidden in reply to LAJ123]

Ooh such equality 😀. Was actually a joke. Next time I’ll put (joke) after any attempt at humour (joke)

Miles

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[Yuiop in reply to Hidden]

You all make me smile, something I don’t seem to do much of these days x

[Hidden in reply to Yuiop]

Lol better than crying eh 😀

[Yuiop in reply to Hidden]

For sure x

[Hidden in reply to Dulux]

I never had arterial blood gas test..

[Hidden]

Catcher is next Friday today or a week today?

Miles 🇧🇧

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

The appt is 1 week today, 16th.

I think it's just an initial meeting to see if he's suitable for full 2 day assessment. It's going to be a long wait!