Events are moving on. The hospital rang this morning and I am now booked in for a pre-operative assessment. I gather that I am not too far from being back in hospital as previously they had me in within weeks of the assessment.
It didn’t go particularly well, as they didn’t have a bed for me on the first date. They took me in on the second attempt. Unfortunately it didn’t work, and they had to have me back. At that point there was a repeat of the bed scenario. Four attempts, two admissions and one fix.
I’m going to adopt a patient attitude and see what happens.
That’s an attitude using patience, not the attitude of a man in pyjamas and a hospital bed.
No pictures today as it’s been overcast.
Wishing you all the best on the upcoming procedure. A good book is a good idea.
Thanks. 🙂
Considering how rich Britain is, we could have more hospital beds!
If we had more beds we would fill them – it’s the nature of free medical care.
Well, that is true as well. However, whilst people may visit their GP with a sniffle because it’s free, hospital referrals are made by the GPs, so there is a filter. That said, I think now they have to refer to cover their backs. E.g. my daughter ended up with three X-rays just to be on the safe side when all she had was a pulled muscle (I already knew this and wouldn’t have even thought about going to the doctor’s to start with but school called me up and insisted this was necessary!!!). The upshot of this is now she is less likely to complain of a pain, which could naturally be a bad thing, depending on the circumstances.
Yes, we had this with schools visiting the farm – several actually told us that as long as we had the right paperwork in place it didn’t matter if a pupil had an allergic reaction. Bottom line is blame/insurance.
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I may have remarked before but I will say it again. We will continue to live in an unsatisfactory world until the rich feel that it might be part of being a normal human being to pay taxes. I hope that all goes well for you.
Yes, that would help. I often wonder if I should stop buying from Amazon when I think of their tax payment record.
I try to avoid them if I possibly can but I sometimes fall into temptation.
It’s so easy. My sister is trying to give them up too.
I do wish you well
Thanks Derrick – I’m sure it will be OK in the end. 🙂
Hope all goes well!
I’m sure it will. 🙂
Here’s hoping you end with the very best of results after all this!!
I have every confidence. 🙂
They are all doing their best in difficult circumstances.
I have no problem with the people I’m seeing or the way they are moving things along for me.
I do, however, have a problem with the system.
I hope it goes welll, good luck. X That said, they rely on patient patients. If you can, get angry and challenge them, it is unacceptable.. Envy of the world? Rubbish. It’s a bloody disgrace.
I have mixed feelings on this – it seems to me that we have a good service which is run badly. In 2003 I bled on the floor and was told the policy was to leave it because the cleaners would see to it “tomorrow”. They did: they applied a layer of wax over the top and made it a permanant feature. I could go on…
However, it’s a comfort to know I can get free treatment.
A book is always a good idea. Still it sounds disruptive. I hope all goes well.
Like a lot of things, it’s going to happen whether I like it or not so a good book and a measure of resignation are going to help the process along. 🙂
Having spent a lot of times waiting for various hospital appointments I can understand any anger or frustration at the system. But there’s nothing for it but to be patient :). Hope you’re okay.
Yes, I took a decision years ago to take books and relax. 🙂
I think the patient attitude is the answer.
It’s why I always take a book and view the time as bonus reading time rather than time wasted in a ridiculously inefficient queuing system… 🙂
I was glad I remembered my book when I had an appointment at the hospital on Tuesday. I read for an hour 🙂