Quote from: Bealman on Today at 10:46:52 AMWhen I was in earlier in the year, my nurses had beards!

We have heard Aussie women can be a bit, er, 'rough', your delightful wife excluded, obviously.

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:52:23 AMGood to hear you're alive and kicking Mick. Well, maybe not kicking but you kknow what I mean 

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 10:37:23 AM

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:09:08 AMthis forum doesn't moderate itself you know. The rest of us will be up to our eyes in it.

Nah - they're generally a well behaved crowd (with just the odd exception)

I don't think I've ever been called an odd exception before. Not to my face anyway.

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:09:08 AMPS, what are the nurses like? 

QuoteLovely

Good, it does aid recovery.

Not to be confused with Lucozade

Quote from: Bealman on Today at 10:46:52 AMWhen I was in earlier in the year, my nurses had beards!

Yes, it can appear that way if you're lying down looking up 

Good to hear you're alive and kicking Mick. Well, maybe not kicking but you kknow what I mean 

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 10:37:23 AM

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:09:08 AMthis forum doesn't moderate itself you know. The rest of us will be up to our eyes in it.

Nah - they're generally a well behaved crowd (with just the odd exception)

I don't think I've ever been called an odd exception before. Not to my face anyway.

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:09:08 AMPS, what are the nurses like? 

QuoteLovely

Good, it does aid recovery.

When I was in earlier in the year, my nurses had beards!

Hi Folks
A bit of a long winded replied (proves it's me, I guess)

Many thanks to you all for your very kind wishes over what has been a very worrying time.

For background, I had a triple bypass op 10 years ago and was fitted with my own personal defibrillator. This is set to trigger at 200bpm heart rate, and then it's loss of driving licence for 6 months, higher insurance etc. For a single chap like me that's the equivalent of removing my legs and all independence.

On Weds 15th July my heart started racing for some reason. It has done this on rare occasions in the past but usually settles back into normal rhythm after about 48 hours. Come the Friday morning it was still racing at some 140bpm. I had a funeral to go to on the Monday so I left it until after the funeral before phoning 111, who arranged for me to go straight to Chorley hospital (do not pass 'Go'. Do not collect £200)

I lay in A & E on a trolley for 7 hours with an intravenous drip via canula before being transferred to the Medical Assessment unit and more drips. I was seen by a consultant late Tuesday morning who lambasted the staff for doing things all wrong as he could hear 'bubbling' in chest cavity. A few hours later I was moved to the Cardiac Critical Care unit. By this time my heart was knocking on 165bpm. More drips. More wires.

I was put on a supposed miracle drug (amiodarone) but 36 hours later I was hitting heights of 180bpm. At least come Thursday morning I came off any drips. I was told I'd been booked for a procedure called Cardioversion for Friday morning. This is where they aim electric shocks at your heart to shock it back into normal rhythm but there was a small risk of my defibrillator acting up. Gulp!

At about 11 a.m. Friday (heart rate 153bpm) I was sedated and the Cardioversion took place. An hour later I woke up (I think they let me sleep a little) with a heart rate of 67bpm. They monitored me for about 4 hours (all OK), gave me new meds from the pharmacy and I was out and on my way home.

My grateful thanks to George Green @Bealman who was 'with me' all the way on WhatsApp.

What you probably know about hospitals
Nurses are mostly caring and patient – doctors/consultants are egotistic, loud, talk too fast and generally treat you like a moron
The food (in Chorley) was of a very good standard and choice
There is no dignity. There is no sleep as, as soon as they see you nodding off, they wake you for a test of some sort. It doesn't help having an 18hr drip via canula in one arm, and being wired for sound (10 wires)
Our fellow inmates were a great band of brothers and the banter between us and the nurses made the whole situation bearable
Cardioversion can work or it can't. It may only last a couple of months. The next step is a procedure called 'Ablation' and is more permanent (one way or another, I guess)

And now, some quotes

Quote from: paulbeckwith on Yesterday at 06:03:51 PMhope  the  op  to  loosen  your  wallet  was  ok

Absolute failure

Quote from: EtchedPixels on Yesterday at 06:51:48 PMMaybe they'll tighten any screws he has loose 

They were told very strictly not to

Quote from: emjaybee on Yesterday at 11:24:54 PMI'd just like to point out, however, that the 'other' moderator moved the discussion from "General discussion" to "...Help with Problems...".

Make of that what you will.

George @Bealman will be made to suffer at some point in the future

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:09:08 AMthis forum doesn't moderate itself you know. The rest of us will be up to our eyes in it.

Nah - they're generally a well behaved crowd (with just the odd exception)

Quote from: Trainfish on Today at 10:09:08 AMPS, what are the nurses like? 

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Quote from: Bealman on Yesterday at 08:49:37 AMOn a recent visit to the doctor, I was told I had to provide specimens out of both orifices. Glad to see them colour coded so I know what goes where!   

I was asked for similar before but with 3 different samples. I just gave them my pants which I had worn the day before 

Blimey, I've only just seen this thread and can only echo others' sentiments and good wishes. Get well soon fella as this forum doesn't moderate itself you know. The rest of us will be up to our eyes in it.

Hope to see you posting again very soon 


PS, what are the nurses like? 

Thank you for holding back Mick @Newportnobby until now! Having now read a couple of reviews, it would appear that the vocal performance by Gruff Rhys was very poor on the Jethro Tull songs - so were probably edited out. Jane Weaver was poor especially on "Northern Lights". I am not a fan of Guy Garvey anyway but he didn't impress either, "The Staves" OK one was better than the other. Vanessa Haynes was one of the few the highlights. Hats off to the lead flautist though - a very busy prom for her.

Perhaps they need Jules Buckley or Sir Simon Rattle to add some zing!

Tim