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The medical profession are amazing
- Thread starter FOOTSKI
- Start date
Best wishes for your mum's recovery. I always maintain the NHS is the greatest invention of the twentieth century, and the skills and care of the people who work there is inspirational.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
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My dad was so well looked after, and so happy to be where he was when very ill in hospital. Good luck to you and your mum, hope she wakes up happy tomorrow. As you say, she's in the best possible place.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,347
This. Absolutely.
Since1982
Well-known member
Good to hear you are doing ok. Did you get various bits of kit sorted out?
Absolutely this.
I've thankfully only really needed them once, when my lung spontaneously collapsed itself, but I have nothing but praise for the way I was treated and looked after through the whole process.
Best wishes to FOOTSKI's Mum, I'm sure she's in the very best of hands.
Brian Fantana
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Best wishes to you both.
Phat Baz 68
Get a ****ing life mate !
- Apr 16, 2011
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Return of the Rev
Well-known member
Thankfully not, the last time birdman had his leg in plaster we did millwall away back on that orrible day in the 70's
Hope your mum is making a good recovery footski
BensGrandad
New member
I must tell everybody and those who wished her well that my 3 year old granddaughter Keira has been allowed ouit of her iosolation after her bone marrow transplant and my wife and I went to Royal Marsden today to see her. My grateful thanks to the bone marrow donor, the medical staff and all on here who wished her well nothing can knock me down this evening
Tricky Dicky
New member
Ah, I think I've just sussed out what your post means - referring to an earlier conversation about stoma stuff, eh ? Had me foxed for a while.
Pretty much, yes. I'm essentially still going with the set up I had within a couple of weeks of leaving hosoital, I can just do it better now. Kept it simple, one-piece bag plus extra adhesive to get it to stick to me beter. Still get the occassional leak, but doesn't really bother me any more, you just learn that it's going to happen, just deal with it. I guess my biggest concern at the mo is that I go in hospital transport cars 6 times a week and dread having a bag leak while in a strangers car.
Spoke with my surgeon last month, do I'm now on the waiting list for the op to reverse this stoma and they think will be done by the end of the year. Thst'll be great but I suspect new problems will come as a result of this, but we'll deal with them when I get to them.
The other big issue - apsrt from the cancer, which is big enough - I am no discussing with the hospitsl to do my kidney dislysis at home. Getting to do that is quite a process - 6 weeks training of putting needles in my oen arm, but if I can do thst at home I get more of my life back and maybe able to work again.
So, after a traumatic year of bowel cancer plus kidney failure (and redundancy), if the cancer is confirmed clear and I can do dialysis at home in my own time, it's not a bad result #quitehappybunny.
Since1982
Well-known member
Sorry. A bit cryptic on reflection! Glad to hear of your progress. Some challenges ahead as well but sounds like you are in the right mindset to face them. Good luck!
BensGrandad
New member
Found out a couple of very surprising things today. Granddaughter is progressing as expected and hopefully will be home in the next 2 weeks but yesterday son and his wife had to go to a pre discharge meeting.
She will be under Royal Marsden until she is 18 years old and they gave them a run down of what she can and cannot eat etc for the next couple of years, Top of the No way was KFC, she cannot have anything cooked or heated in a microwave oven, no reheated food whatsoever. McDonalds or other fast food -if -it is cooked for her and given to her immediately it is cooked so no fish and chips from chippie if kept hot. Can only eat out if the restaurant has a rating of 5 or more. Most surprising no bottled water or pre bought ice only water from the tap or ice made from tap water as apparently other water is not as pure. This contradicts many peoples thoughts I would think. The good thing is she is well on the road to recovery and although she has days when she is down it is what the hospital want and expect as they can remedy her down turns.
She will be under Royal Marsden until she is 18 years old and they gave them a run down of what she can and cannot eat etc for the next couple of years, Top of the No way was KFC, she cannot have anything cooked or heated in a microwave oven, no reheated food whatsoever. McDonalds or other fast food -if -it is cooked for her and given to her immediately it is cooked so no fish and chips from chippie if kept hot. Can only eat out if the restaurant has a rating of 5 or more. Most surprising no bottled water or pre bought ice only water from the tap or ice made from tap water as apparently other water is not as pure. This contradicts many peoples thoughts I would think. The good thing is she is well on the road to recovery and although she has days when she is down it is what the hospital want and expect as they can remedy her down turns.
Good news! Makes the football seem not very important, doesn't it.
BensGrandad
New member
Certainly puts it in perspective but I was surprised about the water , not so KFC.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Good news [MENTION=451]BensGrandad[/MENTION], good to hear she is doing better. And as for the fact she cannot eat KFC/Mc Donalds, surley this is a bonus for her!
BensGrandad
New member
I agree. Will she eventually be the only 18 year old having never had a KFC or Kebab?
Pleased to hear she's doing well.