and again the NH bloody S

[dan1981]

I've got kidney stones!!!!

Well so they told me 3 weeks ago when i was in lots of pain and pissing blood.

Anyway a day or so later and i felt fine, they discharged me and sent me home and said they'd send me for a check up in a few weeks.

Appointment came through last week for next wednesday. Pretty good i thought.

Letter recieved today. Sorry Mr Dan1981 due to unforseen circumstances we have to cancel your appointment next week...... and reschedule it......


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FOR OCTOBER!!!!

Q1: Why are they so st?

Q2: Anyknow know much about kidney stones? I've nto had any more pain sinceI was in the hospital but i don't think i have "passed" them (surely i woudl have noticed shirley?) apparently the iggest they coudl see was the size of a pea.

Cheers

Dan

[Puggit]

Unforseen circumstances = doctor going on holiday, as planned since last October...?

[dan1981]

Puggit said:

Unforseen circumstances = doctor going on holiday, as planned since last October...?

for two bloody months!

[voyds9]

dan1981 said:

Puggit said:

Unforseen circumstances = doctor going on holiday, as planned since last October...?

for two bloody months!

Probably.

More seriously new intake of doctors fresh out of university Sept/Oct so consultants head on holiday so as to avoid this time.

[stuttgartmetal]

Drink plenty of water, and if possible ask your GP about having lithotripsy.

PS We are not all standing around twiddling our thumbs waiting for a patient to turn up.
The work's pretty much relentlessly non-stop.

[dan1981]

stuttgartmetal said:

Drink plenty of water, and if possible ask your GP about having lithotripsy.

PS We are not all standing around twiddling our thumbs waiting for a patient to turn up.
The work's pretty much relentlessly non-stop.

yeah i've been getting through plenty of water, they gave me some tablets as well - apparently they relax the kidney and the tubes etc to make them easier to pass. I was told to piss through a sieve but it does get you some odd looks in the gents.....

and no offense was meant by the post, i was pretty impressed with the treatment i recived when i was in pain, and thought the time for the follow up apointment and everything wasn't too bad.

BUT October? i mean really?

[Dupont666]

take a hammer and smash them up a little so they are easy to pass...

[dan1981]

just to update this thread...... (incase anyone cares)

6 months after diagnosis,
3 x rays later,
2 cat scans,
3 cancelled apointments
4 real apointments.

Last Friday i had an operation to start the removal of my stones!

And i have to say the NHS were bloody brilliant i think.

I went in fro Day surgery, went in at lunch time and was back home about 6.30 pm.

I was given a general anaesthetic kncoked out while they shoved a tube into my kidney and bladder. (you don't want to know how they got it there - but when i asked if they could use keyhole or somethign they responded with "why make a new hole when there's one already there")

I've spent the last week, pissing blood and in alittle bit of pain but nothing too bad.

I go back this friday, they remove the tube they put in and then go "fishing" for the stones.

But all in all not a terrible experience!

[stuttgartmetal]

Nice one, get well soon fella.