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WillowTheWhisp · 28-11-2006, 16:14

Lettie, I did query with the doctor at the pre-op the fact that I was being asked to go in the day before. My reason for querying was that I'm aware of a shortage of hospital beds as that is always in the news and also have experience of family members having ops and going in on the actual day.

She insisted that it was because my case isn't simply straightforward 'pop your gown on and off down to theatre' and that I needed to be in there the day before for them to discuss my case with the anaesthetist and to deal with anything else which might need to be done or any possible alternatives procedures as a consequence on the day prior to the op.

Then today someone rang me and said forget all that, I don't need to be there until noon tomorrow. Then yet another person phoned to say I do need to be there as they spoke to the anaesthetist today (despite the person earlier saying that he wouldn't be around today) and that he had wanted to discuss options with me but as I wasn't there (because I'd been told not to go in today after all) I now need to be there first thing tomorrow morning.

This is for a biopsy following one which I had a couple of weeks ago from which they couldn't get enough tissue by the method they used then - I've had to wait longer than normal between the two already because they couldn't do the general anaesthetic for tomorrows op until after I'd had the angiogram last week to prove my heart would be up to it. I can't do the normal stress test due to asthma.

If that angiogram had come back with problems I'm not sure what they would have done, but ordinarily if there hadn't been the angiogram hold-up the specialist who saw me last time said they are under obligation to do this biopsy asap as speed is of the essence.

But as I said in response to Tealeaf's earlier post, with a bit of luck I will have cancer and they won't have been able to catch it early enough so I'll be off the NHS waiting list and you can all move up a notch. Not that Tealeaf himself is likely to need to see the same specialist as me in this particular case.

28-11-2006, 16:14	#17
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Isn't it really frustrating when......... Lettie, I did query with the doctor at the pre-op the fact that I was being asked to go in the day before. My reason for querying was that I'm aware of a shortage of hospital beds as that is always in the news and also have experience of family members having ops and going in on the actual day. She insisted that it was because my case isn't simply straightforward 'pop your gown on and off down to theatre' and that I needed to be in there the day before for them to discuss my case with the anaesthetist and to deal with anything else which might need to be done or any possible alternatives procedures as a consequence on the day prior to the op. Then today someone rang me and said forget all that, I don't need to be there until noon tomorrow. Then yet another person phoned to say I do need to be there as they spoke to the anaesthetist today (despite the person earlier saying that he wouldn't be around today) and that he had wanted to discuss options with me but as I wasn't there (because I'd been told not to go in today after all) I now need to be there first thing tomorrow morning. This is for a biopsy following one which I had a couple of weeks ago from which they couldn't get enough tissue by the method they used then - I've had to wait longer than normal between the two already because they couldn't do the general anaesthetic for tomorrows op until after I'd had the angiogram last week to prove my heart would be up to it. I can't do the normal stress test due to asthma. If that angiogram had come back with problems I'm not sure what they would have done, but ordinarily if there hadn't been the angiogram hold-up the specialist who saw me last time said they are under obligation to do this biopsy asap as speed is of the essence. But as I said in response to Tealeaf's earlier post, with a bit of luck I will have cancer and they won't have been able to catch it early enough so I'll be off the NHS waiting list and you can all move up a notch. Not that Tealeaf himself is likely to need to see the same specialist as me in this particular case. __________________ Last edited by WillowTheWhisp; 28-11-2006 at 16:17.