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Originally posted by Platypus View PostWhen my daughter was in recently on an assessment ward, waiting for her appendix to burst, the woman in the next bed had, I assume, something seriously wrong with her bowels. It sounded like she had recurring explosive diarrhoea with vast quantities of wind to boot. Thank goodness that after all my years of smoking I've mostly lost my sense of smell. My poor daughter nearly threw up more than once. At least the curtains were drawn. But dignity? The poor woman had none.
P.S. Glad to hear Mrs. Wurzel is improving
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Originally posted by eek View PostTotally off topic but there's some research that says dementia is related to hearing loss. And loud music means hearing loss is far more common.
Speak up young lady!
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Originally posted by zeitghostYou won't have them for long.
Dementia appears to be catching.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostDidn't Tony Blair make that solemn promise when Labour first came to power in 1997, and again in 2001?
So how can there possibly still be any 15 years later? I don't get it.
Election promises are seldom carried out. Only if it costs nothing do they do something.
Labour instead decided to borrow billions and line the pockets of their cote voters in the name of tax credits and a plethora of hundred different benefits. That was the easiest way to ensure they were in power for some more time.
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Originally posted by zeitghostI thought they were supposed to be doing away with mixed wards.
So how can there possibly still be any 15 years later? I don't get it.
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When my daughter was in recently on an assessment ward, waiting for her appendix to burst, the woman in the next bed had, I assume, something seriously wrong with her bowels. It sounded like she had recurring explosive diarrhoea with vast quantities of wind to boot. Thank goodness that after all my years of smoking I've mostly lost my sense of smell. My poor daughter nearly threw up more than once. At least the curtains were drawn. But dignity? The poor woman had none.
P.S. Glad to hear Mrs. Wurzel is improving
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Originally posted by zeitghostGrim is the word for it.
Trying to hold a conversation (difficult for me anyway, being a lizard of few words & zero small talk) whilst someone unrelated is busily dying in the next bed is rather difficult.
I thought they were supposed to be doing away with mixed wards.
Grimmest of all is the geriatric ward - gawd help you if you end up on one of them when you still have your marbles.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostHow's Mrs wurzel doing? Has she been fixed?
She was hospitalised twice to be put on a drip since I last posted. 4 nights on a mixed ward - it was grim. Without going into detail, I was shocked at the state of some of the patients in there & how they were put on an open ward alongside members of the opposite sex with visitors coming in and out etc.
Maybe hospitals have always been like that, I don't know, but I thought there was supposed to be some concern for the patient's dignity.
Think we'll be upping our level of cover with BUPA
Thanks for asking MS.
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At my client co , one of the Bobs had the same problem. Tried his luck at NHS and then decided to get it done with plenty cheapness , bugger came back in 2 weeks. Said he paid around £300. Did you check somewhere in Poland ?
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostI know there are a few CUK medical experts out there.
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostOr keyhole removal of the gall bladder. Marginally affects your ability to digest saturated fats, otherwise little real world impact. We've noticed none in the last 15 years or so.
We went through all this when She Who Must be Obeyed was affected. The consultant's view was that if you simply remove the gallstones, they may well come back again. Since some level of surgery is required anyway, why not fix the root cause?
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Originally posted by Troll View Post- Lithotripsy.(There's lots of flavours to this & worth a google)This procedure uses ultrasound waves to break up gallstones. It may be used alone or along with bile acids to break up stones. The procedure, which is now rarely performed, has been used for people who have long-term (chronic) inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis) and who are not strong enough for surgery. But it is not appropriate in treating sudden (acute) cholecystitis.
- Contact dissolution therapy. This treatment uses a thin, flexible tube called a catheter to place a chemical in the gallbladder to dissolve gallstones. This therapy is rarely used because of the risk of complications. And unlike with surgery, gallstones may return.
- Percutaneous cholecystostomy. This procedure may provide temporary relief for an inflamed gallbladder until an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) or surgery can be performed. During percutaneous cholecystostomy, a doctor places a tube through the abdomen and into the gallbladder to drain its contents. This sometimes is done for people who are not strong enough for surgery.
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) with endoscopic sphincterotomy. In an ERCP, a doctor gently moves a flexible, lighted viewing instrument (endoscope) down your throat and through your stomach to examine the tubes that drain your liver and gallbladder. If you have a gallstone in the common bile duct, the gallstone can sometimes be removed through the endoscope.
We went through all this when She Who Must be Obeyed was affected. The consultant's view was that if you simply remove the gallstones, they may well come back again. Since some level of surgery is required anyway, why not fix the root cause?
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- Lithotripsy.(There's lots of flavours to this & worth a google)This procedure uses ultrasound waves to break up gallstones. It may be used alone or along with bile acids to break up stones. The procedure, which is now rarely performed, has been used for people who have long-term (chronic) inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis) and who are not strong enough for surgery. But it is not appropriate in treating sudden (acute) cholecystitis.
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