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Originally Posted by Dallas
Hi Phil, how are you my friend, hope you are on the mend now?
I'm nearly 10 months on since my last surgery, and the recovery has been up and down, I've had some very strange pains; but thankfully the recovery pain now seems to be settling.
Thankfully I seem to be better off than what I was six months ago with regards to my right side, but since the surgery this has left me with a new trigger point at the inguinal area, this is what I understand they call 'surgery induced'. They are now investigating to see what's going on.
They are also sending me to London to see a very good specialist, I am so looking forward .
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A happy new year Wes,
Thank you for getting back and for the update in regards to your health.
My apologies for my late reply. Just before Christmas I had food poisoning with severe diarrhoea and passed out on the toilet with difficulty in breathing and chest pains. Jessica had to video me on the floor for ambulance control. She said my face was white as a sheet and I was very cold with slurred speech.
The ambulance arrived within 20 minutes and the crew did an ECG and said the heart was in abnormal rhythm in heart block and I was admitted into resus for 12 hours before being transferred into the cardiac unit. The heart rate was in the low 30’s so the docs suggested a pacemaker. I was found to be dehydrated.
A few days later the docs went on strike and I was seen by a consultant cardiologist who said my bed was needed and I didn’t need a pacemaker as the heart rate had improved and settled, I was discharged. He did his best to reassure me. He said lots of people are walking around with their heart rates in the low 30’s or if they have palpitations they need not worry about it. I got the feeling if I had asked…… am I dying, he would have told me not to worry about it.
3 junior doctors said I needed the pacemaker and they were overruled by the consultant.
I am happy I don’t need a pacemaker yet. Whilst I was in hospital, they found I had rectal bleeding and that I was suffering from an iron deficiency anaemia. I was referred for an urgent colonoscopy.
2 months ago at a hospital in London, I had a leg bypass for a blockage and a Right inguinal hernia repair, both open operations done at the same time, which left me with a right sided painful testicle which was found to be inflamed from the operation. I get pain relief from wearing a Jock strap! I wonder what sort of specialist you are seeing in London?
In July, Jessica fell in a car park after a club meet and broke her hip. She had to wait in hospital for 2 nights before a surgeon was free to carry out a Total Hip Replacement. Like Bob, once she was home, she was moved into a hospital bed with physio follow up etc, She was on anti-clotting injections for 28 days which I administered.
The cardiologist said I am fit to fly and we are back on track again getting fit and keeping active.
Looking forward to a better year, positive thoughts
