Don't ignore the warning signs

[Guest CJS2]

Great to her the good news. However, if you are not able to go private, where does that leave you? My partner Hazel, fought with stomach pain for 12 months , treated for an ulcer. Eventually we got to a specialist, NHS, stomach cancer was diagnosed. 18 months down the line, it looks like we have won 'round one'. I am bitching at the NHS finance, we can find money for guns, bombs, tanks, committees etc, but we cant draw on the money we have been paying in for years when we need it?

 

CJS2

Edited September 24, 2006 by CJS2

[zziplexboy]

Was 13 because of where it was they had to reinforce around the area. did you know them stents the drug ones are £1000.00 each, well they were when i had it done probably twice that amount now.

 

 

One thing I worried about when I had my stent was that i found later that my stent wasnt drug eluding but bare metal and that they have a habit of furring up. When |I asked why I was told it was because they were expensive. I must admit its made me a bit jumpy since, anyone had experience of this?

[DavyR]

One thing I worried about when I had my stent was that i found later that my stent wasnt drug eluding but bare metal and that they have a habit of furring up. When |I asked why I was told it was because they were expensive. I must admit its made me a bit jumpy since, anyone had experience of this?

 

Don't worry about it - they've now decided that, long-term, the plain stents are better than the drug eluting ones.

 

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Edited September 24, 2006 by DavyR

[Lid]

Great to her the good news. However, if you are not able to go private, where does that leave you? My partner Hazel, fought with stomach pain for 12 months , treated for an ulcer. Eventually we got to a specialist, NHS, stomach cancer was diagnosed. 18 months down the line, it looks like we have won 'round one'. I am bitching at the NHS finance, we can find money for guns, bombs, tanks, committees etc, but we cant draw on the money we have been paying in for years when we need it?

 

Sorry to hear about your partner's problem and I hope she makes a full recovery.

 

In my particular case, if I had been NHS only, the consultant would have admitted me to hospital immediately and I would have stayed there until I had the angioplasty, so I don't think it would have made much difference. In the London area, ambulances have onboard ECGs and anyone showing specific kinds of ECG changes are taken straight to Harefield. Sometimes they are on the Angio table within 10 minutes of arrival and being repaired!

Edited September 24, 2006 by Lid

[spasor]

Not you as well Lid.

I went through the same thing in May. Comes as a bit of a shock? Glad to see you`re getting over it.

[Chris Goddard]

BLIMEY!! I have my "Hamster Run" on Wednesday!! Had a BIT of a scrae the other week, went ALL floopy botty and chest pain! BUT apparently Angina in Diabetcis does NOT present the same?! But I am hoping it is NOT Angina BUT am gald I have seen your post Lid!! helped me NO end!!

 

Thanks

[hoppy]

Had my first attack when 39 yers old, (now 68) had stents and quad bypasses over the years now diabetic type 2, tumor in my bladder, but Im still here fighting on and still go out fishing.

So get to your doctor and get things checked, especially blood pressure and cholosterol.

Tight lines keep well....hoppy

[ColinW]

It jusn't just happen to us fat feckers (touches wood frantically). A mate of mine started a relationship with a new girlfriend who was a nurse specialising in coronary stuff. She immediately told him there was something wrong with his pulse and that he needed to see a specialist. He ended up having a triple by-pass. He was 35 at the time, a good club level road cyclist and something of a fitness freak. He still is!