Roch
Shrinking away nicely :)
Hi all firstly can i thank u all for all ur posts and good wishes from the post the Gaelic girl AKA Allie set up for me a few weeks ago whilst in was in hospital and also an update thread i posted i am sorry if i did not manage to respond to u all as the past 3 weeks have been so hard for me.
After my laparoscopy 3 weeks ago i was sill in serious pain and went to see my gp who also diagnosed diverticulitis and put on a 9 day course of anti biotics. Come Tuesday i was in major pain so took myself to my local hospital Chase Farm, where i was given a shot of morphine, fluids and anti sickness meds, and sent home with some more anti sickness meds. Got home and felt drugged and slept all day and felt exactly the same on Wednesday.
Come 5 pm on Wednesday i felt weird, i then got muscle spasms in my right side of my face, then the left side and it was excruciating pain, then the same in my right arm, i had sweat pouring of my face and the pain was un bearable, then Aaron came in and started panicking when he saw the state i was in and by this time my right side of my face had dropped, he called an ambulance and within 3/4 mins i had a fast response medic at my door who thought i had a stroke, then 5 mins after the ambulance crew came and after examining me came to the ridiculous conclusion the i was having a "panic attack"
but said as i am in pain they would take me to casualty. Got to Chase farm by this time my right had had closed like a claw and i could not open it, as my paper work said it was just a panic attack, they did not even triage me and shoved me in a cubicle at the bottom of the minors ward, where people where put if they had something minor like a throat infection or a sprained ankle, the wait there to see a doc was 3/4 hrs.
I was crying as the pain was so bad, and Aaron kept asking for someone to help us and all he was told was " we have 2 wait our turn and there is nothing seriously wring with ur mum"
After 3 hrs a young nurse come in n looked at me and was shocked 2 see the state i was in, she said no way this is a panic attack and asked to see the meds i was on, she then looked at the anti sickness meds i was on "metroclopermide" and read the leaflet with it and it said "very rare severe side effects uncontrollable facial and body spasms and u need to get urgent medical help, by this time my teeth were stuck together in the spasm, i took another 45 mins to get a doc who then prescribed me a tablet for parkinsons disease which relax`s ur muscles.
It was meant to work within 20 mins but had no affect at all, after 30 mins i was transferred to the obs ward and i was in such a state Aaron ran to the ward to find the doc, she came and prescribed me a next dose through my IV and the triage nurse came to administer it to me, he was shocked to know that i was not triaged as he would of been the nurse i would of seen and he said he would know straight away it was an severe allergic reaction and not a panic attack
After 3 doses the muscles relaxed and come 6 am we left but i was told to send someone back to get the prescription as i needed to take the meds for the whole day to prevent this happening again.
My best friend took me up and i was just about to sign the prescription when i noticed this script was not for me it was for the lady in the bed next to me OMG i think chase farm must have a hit out on me lol, eventually got my prescription and came home.
Come Sat night i was practically delirious with pain, i had not eaten anything for 7 days and barely drunk any fluids fir 2/3 days so on Sunday(a week ago) morning Julie bought me here to the Whitt and i was re admitted.
Have had every test poss and eventually they think they have a diagnosis, what they saw was a second pouch that my body has made on its own and food is going in there and causing me serious pain and nausea.
The surgeon who operated on me Mr Heath for my Lapararoscopy said he wants me to wait till Mr Sufi my surgeon is back from annual leave on Monday and wants him to do the op as this is something he has not seen before.
Have now been in the Whittington for a week and hoping to have my op by Tuesday/Wednesday, Mr Heath said they need to close up my second pouch then remove it but there is a chance that they might have 2 re bypass me again.
I cant complain the nursing staff on Betty Mansel ward have been amazing and so caring but i am so tearful and low and sick and tired of needles and pain and being attached to a drip and pca morphine pump for the past week to control the pain.
I am scared and nervous about possibly having to be re bypassed again.
Sorry for such a long and dragged out post,i am feeling so low and have just had enough well and truly and some days i cant stop crying. I found out that a friend of mine was stabbed and killed on Friday night, Pat was such a happy friendly guy and he lived with his wife and daughter 10 doors away from me, his daughter Charlotte went out with my son Aaron for 18 months, and watching this on sky news on Saturday morning was like i was in the middle of a horrendous nightmare and i could not believe it had happened to such a lovely guy, i just wanted to discharge myself and go home but Aaron talked me out of it and at the mo i am still in 2 minds whether to go home or not as i dont know if i am in the right frame of mind at the mo to deal with major surgery.
I am not sure if i will be able to respond to ur posts as 9/10 i cant even get on line with this stupid pay as u go dongle, it seems to drop the signal every few mins, this is the fifth time in 3 days i have tried to write this.
Take care and hope ur all having a good weekend, luv Roch xxx
After my laparoscopy 3 weeks ago i was sill in serious pain and went to see my gp who also diagnosed diverticulitis and put on a 9 day course of anti biotics. Come Tuesday i was in major pain so took myself to my local hospital Chase Farm, where i was given a shot of morphine, fluids and anti sickness meds, and sent home with some more anti sickness meds. Got home and felt drugged and slept all day and felt exactly the same on Wednesday.
Come 5 pm on Wednesday i felt weird, i then got muscle spasms in my right side of my face, then the left side and it was excruciating pain, then the same in my right arm, i had sweat pouring of my face and the pain was un bearable, then Aaron came in and started panicking when he saw the state i was in and by this time my right side of my face had dropped, he called an ambulance and within 3/4 mins i had a fast response medic at my door who thought i had a stroke, then 5 mins after the ambulance crew came and after examining me came to the ridiculous conclusion the i was having a "panic attack"
but said as i am in pain they would take me to casualty. Got to Chase farm by this time my right had had closed like a claw and i could not open it, as my paper work said it was just a panic attack, they did not even triage me and shoved me in a cubicle at the bottom of the minors ward, where people where put if they had something minor like a throat infection or a sprained ankle, the wait there to see a doc was 3/4 hrs.I was crying as the pain was so bad, and Aaron kept asking for someone to help us and all he was told was " we have 2 wait our turn and there is nothing seriously wring with ur mum
"After 3 hrs a young nurse come in n looked at me and was shocked 2 see the state i was in, she said no way this is a panic attack and asked to see the meds i was on, she then looked at the anti sickness meds i was on "metroclopermide" and read the leaflet with it and it said "very rare severe side effects uncontrollable facial and body spasms and u need to get urgent medical help, by this time my teeth were stuck together in the spasm, i took another 45 mins to get a doc who then prescribed me a tablet for parkinsons disease which relax`s ur muscles.
It was meant to work within 20 mins but had no affect at all, after 30 mins i was transferred to the obs ward and i was in such a state Aaron ran to the ward to find the doc, she came and prescribed me a next dose through my IV and the triage nurse came to administer it to me, he was shocked to know that i was not triaged as he would of been the nurse i would of seen and he said he would know straight away it was an severe allergic reaction and not a panic attack
After 3 doses the muscles relaxed and come 6 am we left but i was told to send someone back to get the prescription as i needed to take the meds for the whole day to prevent this happening again.
My best friend took me up and i was just about to sign the prescription when i noticed this script was not for me it was for the lady in the bed next to me
OMG i think chase farm must have a hit out on me lol, eventually got my prescription and came home.Come Sat night i was practically delirious with pain, i had not eaten anything for 7 days and barely drunk any fluids fir 2/3 days so on Sunday(a week ago) morning Julie bought me here to the Whitt and i was re admitted.
Have had every test poss and eventually they think they have a diagnosis, what they saw was a second pouch that my body has made on its own and food is going in there and causing me serious pain and nausea.
The surgeon who operated on me Mr Heath for my Lapararoscopy said he wants me to wait till Mr Sufi my surgeon is back from annual leave on Monday and wants him to do the op as this is something he has not seen before.
Have now been in the Whittington for a week and hoping to have my op by Tuesday/Wednesday, Mr Heath said they need to close up my second pouch then remove it but there is a chance that they might have 2 re bypass me again.
I cant complain the nursing staff on Betty Mansel ward have been amazing and so caring but i am so tearful and low and sick and tired of needles and pain and being attached to a drip and pca morphine pump for the past week to control the pain.
I am scared and nervous about possibly having to be re bypassed again.
Sorry for such a long and dragged out post,i am feeling so low and have just had enough well and truly and some days i cant stop crying. I found out that a friend of mine was stabbed and killed on Friday night, Pat was such a happy friendly guy and he lived with his wife and daughter 10 doors away from me, his daughter Charlotte went out with my son Aaron for 18 months, and watching this on sky news on Saturday morning was like i was in the middle of a horrendous nightmare and i could not believe it had happened to such a lovely guy, i just wanted to discharge myself and go home but Aaron talked me out of it and at the mo i am still in 2 minds whether to go home or not as i dont know if i am in the right frame of mind at the mo to deal with major surgery.
I am not sure if i will be able to respond to ur posts as 9/10 i cant even get on line with this stupid pay as u go dongle, it seems to drop the signal every few mins, this is the fifth time in 3 days i have tried to write this.
Take care and hope ur all having a good weekend, luv Roch xxx
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