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Originally Posted by Gate Keeper
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 30s 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 didnt 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 30s 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 dont 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  |
Hi Phil, a happy new year to you both.
Make sure you take care of yourself buddy, take things nice and easy and don't over do it.
My father had heart disease and nursed himself along for many years, his heart had an abdominal rhythm and had an output of just 5%, the docs couldn't understand how my father was still alive.
We managed to get him to stay in hospital, the doctors and nurses were marvellous, he was in for two months and they managed to get his heart output up to 20%, which still isn't ideal; but much better than the worrying 5%.
Sadly his heart was too damaged to have surgery, there was no chance of a pacemaker, my father had left it too long. They reckon that my father had several heart attacks over the years, but he would have ignored them, he really didn't like hospitals, he would avoid them at all costs.
Regarding your leg bypass, inguinal hernia repair and right testicle pain. The ilioinguinal nerve can get strapped or damaged during inguinal hernia surgery Phil, this can then cause testicle pain. They first thought I had a inguinal hernia, but turns out I didn't; instead I have a hiatus hernia.
I'm glad Jessica is getting better Phil.
My latest news... my ultrasound scan and MRI scan that I had just before Christmas came back normal, which is odd. This new inguinal pain is extremely painful, I would have thought the MRI would have shown something???
January is a very busy month for me it seems, so many blooming appointments...
Pain clinic appointment.
Dentist appointment.
ENT (ears nose and throat) appointment.
Proctologist appointment.
Then another pain clinic appointment.
... and I'm still waiting for the London appointment.
As for my left side, I guess it's copy and paste and hope for the best, I just want to be fixed once and for all, surely that is not to much to ask?