"you must be seen in the next 6 hours"....
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Not me, my mum.
She had a colonoscopy on wednesday, for polyps (sp?), been in considerable pain since then, she has had the procedure before, so she wasnt too worried as the usually passes. Last night, the pain hadnt subsided and her left arm has now gone numb with cramping in her fingers and with some paralysis. She has a lot of bruising from the IV drip they put into her hand. She called 111, who made an appointment at the local hospital, and said "you must be seen within the next 6 hours"
The tone of how it was said worried my mum.
My best, uneducated guess is bruising has caused the paralysis (she bruises like a peach), but I guess 111 are worried about possible infections?
Can of our resident medical guys give me any more information/insight/wisdom? Mum is in the UK, but I live in Austria, hence me positing here.
She had a colonoscopy on wednesday, for polyps (sp?), been in considerable pain since then, she has had the procedure before, so she wasnt too worried as the usually passes. Last night, the pain hadnt subsided and her left arm has now gone numb with cramping in her fingers and with some paralysis. She has a lot of bruising from the IV drip they put into her hand. She called 111, who made an appointment at the local hospital, and said "you must be seen within the next 6 hours"
The tone of how it was said worried my mum.
My best, uneducated guess is bruising has caused the paralysis (she bruises like a peach), but I guess 111 are worried about possible infections?
Can of our resident medical guys give me any more information/insight/wisdom? Mum is in the UK, but I live in Austria, hence me positing here.
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