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So on Wednesday 23 August I take the short ride to my local hospital. The four hours I had to wait for surgery went reasonably quickly as I was visited by an HCA, the anaesthetist, an SHO and an ENT surgeon. It seemed like I was asked the same questions over and over about my general health and lifestyle, but at least I got a clearer idea of what was going to happen. The purpose of the surgery was to do a panendoscopy, take some biposies and possibly remove one or both of my tonsils.
The only minor...
I have instructions to clean my eye every morning and to put antibiotic ointment on my eyelid where the surgical wound is twice a day.
Because I've had an antibiotic resistant Superbug which can stay in the environment for a long time, I am trying to be really careful about hygiene when carrying out these tasks including hand hygiene. I am so pleased that the last test for the Superbug was clear of the infection. The infection has been 'recurrent' in the past, so I am also aware that it could...
Hi i have found a lump in my scrotum some time it can be painfull plus i keep feeling sick with acid reflux.i have my scan 5 days time can this be a sign of cancer ?please help
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I started my antibiotics for the urinary infection this morning. It's a three day course, today til Monday, so it shouldn't hold up my op. The nurse said that, as soon as she got the antibiotics sorted with the doctor, she would let the coordinator know so my op can be arranged. As it's four and a half hours they have to reshuffle shorter ops to make a window for mine. Meanwhile, we are slowly spring-cleaning and I'm about to start cooking some dishes for the...
It's hard to imagine that all of which follows took place within the space of two short weeks.
Friday afternoon, 18 August, I rocked up at my local hospital to see the ENT surgeon. He asked me about my symptoms, had a feel of my lump and stuck a camera up my nose to look at my throat. He had a junior doctor observing him, so it was quite reassuring when I heard him say "The X looks ok, the Y looks OK".
He told me there were a few possibilities, but that he'd know more following a CT...
So my GP tells me I will need to be referred to an ENT specialist, with "more or less urgency". Next day her secretary calls to say the hospital need to see me within two weeks, so I have to call her back if I haven't heard within a few days. I immediately Google "urgent referrals" and learn all about the two-week pathway for "suspected cancer". Blind panic ensues, until I see that only 10% of people referred under this regime will have cancer. So I calm myself down for a while, and wait patiently...
"I don't feel great today, my glands are up"....
I've been trying to find out when my op is as I've had the pre-op. No-one was able to tell me. I found out why today. I got a call about 11.30 from the urology unit at the hospital. It appears I have a urinary infection. The nurse said she would be faxing my doctor to ask him to prescribe some antibiotics. I left it an hour or so then I rang my doctors' to see if the prescription was done. It wasn't. I asked if my account doctor could ring me about it. Okay. Then I rang the hospital and told them...
This operation turned out to be very similar to the excision biopsy only as the original biopsy area had filled in, it involved taking that tissue again and making a larger clear margin. As I had had such a detailed discussion about risks beforehand in my consultation all I had to do was sign a pretty much blank consent form and so no risks had to be mentioned again. I did ask some questions. In the very unlikely event of a bleed into eye, I can go to my local acute hospital - just to get myself...
