AWAKE.........

You obviously had a wonderful day in Africa. Disappointed though.....not a Wallaby in site!

Fingers crossed these bloods are good......

Couldn't someone come to your house for the bloods? We're so used to à domicile here with nurses calling at home that even sure if UK offers the same but they should....it makes life so easier. OH just comes downstairs as nurse is parking!

They do bloods at home if you’re housebound, Lacomtekp, but only then. 
since the surgery stopped all the waiting and the nurse/phlebotomist has to go collect their patients (they then clean door handles etc) they get through far less patients, they said! 

Hugs xxx

Night night Fruit Loops, sleep well and stay safe

plenty of sleepy fairy dust for any who wish

hugs xxx

Lacomtekp a friend's sister is a nurse in France and she was telling me how she's self employed and has a set list of patients that she visits to do blood tests, give injections, dressing changes etc.  She get paid per patient, per visit.

 That's how the whole French system works Grogg. From nurses to top consultants and everyone in between.....physio, radiologists, gp's.laboratories....they are all self employed so they choose how they operate.....BUT....for me the patient, the advantages are that I too can choose who I see. I book my appointment direct which usually means there are fewer cancellations because people only make appointments when they are available. Because the specialists are private, the notes, scans, tests, belong to the patient. OH and I have an x ray shelf in our office but it means you have information to take to future or semi related appointments.

Now I know you're saying ' ah...but the NHS is free' and payments in France can be complicated to understand occasionally but mostly we either pay nothing at the appointment or we pay the fee which is reimbursed directly to the bank from the government. That takes about four days. We have a top up insurance which for us as a couple costs £1000 a year but that means we get all our medication, a lot of alternative meds, individual hospital rooms plus any bits the government wouldn't be paying reimbursed too.

If you want an honest answer.....from our experience with diabetes and related heart condition for OH, and cancer and the related neuropathy, we have paid nothing extra. The treatment has been ' gold star' throughout. We wait practically no time for appointments and always have results if they are available same day. I already have a Pass sanitaire' to show covid vaccinations since the day of my second injection as a code on my phone.( paper version safely in office.) 

 I'm not saying the Nhs is not staffed with wonderful people...most of the time ...or the philosophy behind the system wasn't right but I think underfunding and misuse has let it down. I keep hearing and reading' wonderful NHS' and say nothing but have you really thought about how it could be improved and more importantly how you as patients are actually missing out?

Very controversial start to today....

Good morning all. I hope that not too many of you are off to encounter those services today but if you are....hope all goes well.

Take care. Love Karen

I think an example of the NHS is that no-one, least of all the patient, actually knows what's going on. This leads to fear, or in my case, barely disguised terror, knowing that so much can go wrong. I was seen by 3 separate Breast Cancer Nurses at what they call "Wound appointments" and told everything OK. Next minute there's a massive haematoma that's the biggest haematoma the Radiologist has ever seen in her life - so the Breast Cancer Nurses never noticed there was anything wrong. I too thought it was just a bruise as a result of the op, as I know I bruise very easily anyway. It takes so long to get any result, whereas in other countries it seems it does not. NHS also sent a Covid-19 test - specifically arranged quickly for me by BCN, to entirely the wrong place hours before a planned op for the haematoma so Covid-19 test had to be done all over again. Patient's notes not there, so lengthy forms have to be done all over again.....all very time consuming whilst they tell you to relax, but obviously it's impossible to relax ahead of operations.

One of the other problems is that NOBODY listens. I spent 14 hours in Morriston hospital (Swansea)  telling 6 different registers thd same thing - the solid mass on my chest was a silicone implant.  When I decided that I'd had enough and wanted to discharge myself (I was seeing my surgeon a few days later) one actually tried to tell me what a sorry state breast care services in Warwickshire was in.

Oh dear,,so sorry to read of your time  Venicelagoon(what a fab ID name)and also your rather depressing experience,

Goodness….I hooe it can only get better for you both.xxx

Tried to get a replacement for my contact lens solution in town, two chemists plus two opticians have no stock either! Bausch and Lomb have recalled the Boston contact lens  conditioning solution and the cleaner that I use within certain dates.  Had some refund money’s but Boots had very little cash in the store so I’ve still got some of the bottles! Will need to go back in a few days or visit a bigger store…..

Hugs xxx

Hi moomy glad you back from Africa  usual carry on at hospital for bloods only vein able to access is in back of hand ,but she had to go  in twice hope got enough for infusion on Monday . 

Better day today visit from youngest Grandaughter 21st on Tuesday so a garden visit to us today . I was in kitchen mist of morning baking favourites

Lovely to see her again she just finished her degree in Nottingham . Our son and her mum divorced when she was three so we just glad that we and her dad have maintained contact . 

Can't tell on here but she stands tall at 6ft 3" 

Her cousin our youngest grandson is 22 on Monday so we will see him then .