billytheghillie Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Saturday night sitting watching tv, pain in chest, excruciating, paras called, attended says irregular heart beat. Goes to GP Monday morning, she ships me too local general hospital, few tests, x-ray, waiting on porter to take me back from x- ray when bang, another attack. Gets blue lighted from the borders to Edinburgh royal infirmiry Monday night. Tuesday tests, x- rays, bloods, feel like a pin cushion. Tuesday lunch time down for a procedure, they notice bit of blocked artery's stick a stent in, My God what a relief! Got discharged today Wednesday. i just cant believe how lucky i am to be sitting here typing this, the service from the NHS was exceptional, i couldnt fault it. Now for a slow and hopefully peaceful recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Get well soon mate. Glad you got sorted sometimes we forget how good the NHS can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: Got discharged today Wednesday. i just cant believe how lucky i am to be sitting here typing this, the service from the NHS was exceptional, i couldnt fault it. Now for a slow and hopefully peaceful recovery. For all the grief the NHS gets, in an emergency where would we be without them. Take it easy 👍 @Sciurus can give some advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 When we really needed NHS it never let us down, nor clearly you. Delighted to hear you are on the mend. Take care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 glad you are fixed............perhaps now you will take our advice and start eating gravy..............you know it makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Here is to a swift and successful recovery. Take it slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 All the best bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) Sorry to hear about your experience but it's better to find out now as you will get well monitored in the future. Edited to say take it easy for a while 👍👍 Edited June 1, 2023 by harrycatcat1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 10 hours ago, billytheghillie said: Saturday night sitting watching tv, pain in chest, excruciating, paras called, attended says irregular heart beat. Goes to GP Monday morning, she ships me too local general hospital, few tests, x-ray, waiting on porter to take me back from x- ray when bang, another attack. Gets blue lighted from the borders to Edinburgh royal infirmiry Monday night. Tuesday tests, x- rays, bloods, feel like a pin cushion. Tuesday lunch time down for a procedure, they notice bit of blocked artery's stick a stent in, My God what a relief! Got discharged today Wednesday. i just cant believe how lucky i am to be sitting here typing this, the service from the NHS was exceptional, i couldnt fault it. Now for a slow and hopefully peaceful recovery. Very glad it was found and fixed quickly, we normally only hear about the bad parts of the NHS. 10 hours ago, ditchman said: glad you are fixed............perhaps now you will take our advice and start eating gravy..............you know it makes sense Dr Ditchman is the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 Glad all went well - take your time getting over it and build up the exercise gradually. Very similar happened to a close relative - chest pains on a dog walk - driven by his wife to A&E, where things took a turn for the worse - and straight into emergency surgery. In tests afterwards, a further 'partially clogged' area was found and a second stent fitted a few days later. That was just pre covid times and he has made a completely full recovery with no long term effects other than a few more pills to take. It did take a few months to get his normal (fairly high) level of fitness back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: Sorry to hear about your experience but it's better to find out now as you will get well monitored in the future. Edited to say take it easy for a while 👍👍 excactly this...........things could have been very different....you could have been out on your own miles away from anywhere...............i dont need to say anymore.... now you have had a full MOT ..fault fixed and you know for a fact you are OK now....so what Harry says is spot on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 Sick of hearing how the NHS is crumbling, outpatients has become a bit of a joke but if you need urgent care they are superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, billytheghillie said: Saturday night sitting watching tv, pain in chest, excruciating, paras called, attended says irregular heart beat. Goes to GP Monday morning, she ships me too local general hospital, few tests, x-ray, waiting on porter to take me back from x- ray when bang, another attack. Gets blue lighted from the borders to Edinburgh royal infirmiry Monday night. Tuesday tests, x- rays, bloods, feel like a pin cushion. Tuesday lunch time down for a procedure, they notice bit of blocked artery's stick a stent in, My God what a relief! Got discharged today Wednesday. i just cant believe how lucky i am to be sitting here typing this, the service from the NHS was exceptional, i couldnt fault it. Now for a slow and hopefully peaceful recovery. Had a blue light myself on 1st April to BGH combination of Covid over leaky heart valve. Change of medication and a 6 day stay so all sorted for the moment. No complaints about NHS service and the food as both agreeable and adequate.. Blackpowder Edited June 1, 2023 by Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, bruno22rf said: Sick of hearing how the NHS is crumbling, outpatients has become a bit of a joke but if you need urgent care they are superb. Exactly this. With the NHS if you really need something urgent, you get it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 Good to hear that you had excellent treatment and are now on the mend. Take it easy Billy. Kind regards, OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 15 hours ago, billytheghillie said: Saturday night sitting watching tv, pain in chest, excruciating, paras called, attended says irregular heart beat. Goes to GP Monday morning, she ships me too local general hospital, few tests, x-ray, waiting on porter to take me back from x- ray when bang, another attack. Gets blue lighted from the borders to Edinburgh royal infirmiry Monday night. Tuesday tests, x- rays, bloods, feel like a pin cushion. Tuesday lunch time down for a procedure, they notice bit of blocked artery's stick a stent in, My God what a relief! Got discharged today Wednesday. i just cant believe how lucky i am to be sitting here typing this, the service from the NHS was exceptional, i couldnt fault it. Now for a slow and hopefully peaceful recovery. Hope all goes well. That must have been somewhat of a fright. 1 hour ago, Blackpowder said: Had a blue light myself on 1st April to BGH combination of Covid over leaky heart valve. Change of medication and a 6 day stay so all sorted for the moment. No complaints about NHS service and the food as both agreeable and adequate.. Blackpowder Hope all stays good. Having been there and done that, should because of the leaky valve someone suggests that a TAVI - please either Google or search on here - is a good idea, go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted June 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 many, many thanks for all your kind comments they are really appreciated. as for Ditchies advice to eat more gravy, maybe it was the gravy that set me off 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith RW Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 Glad to hear you got this sorted in time, as said above, you could have been out and about miles away from anywhere as many of us often are, Just going through the process of all the usual checks myself having had a couple of "episodes" over the last couple of years or so, nothing serious says I, but the Doc who I eventually went to see (needless to say,prompted by her indoors)and who I mentioned it to is quite concerned,so now have gone from zero tablets per day to quite a few and all at once to help get things under control whilst being checked out and investigated. So the moral of the story here gents is stop being big and brave and thinking it'll be alright, its just a bit of a pain and will pass.... get yourself looked at if experiencing any issues whatsoever or we might wake up dead one day and miss out on the future we should all have planned. For those that do still get out and about regardless.....get what three words downloaded on your mobiles along with a tracker for when you're out in the sticks, I always tell my son, if he eventually finds me laid in a field one day after my not returning home after and evening out foxing, always check the gun first before me and remember if that's the way I go then I passed with my boots on and doing what I enjoyed. keep smiling fellas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 NBHS to the fore again! There when you need them. Pace your recovery slower than you want to, this isn't a rehearsal . slight hijack, long story short. feint trace of blood in pee...only the once docors same day , antibiotics and put on list for Hospital check 3 weeks later just in case it wasn't an infection X-ray, scan, camera, stage II bladder cancer 9 tumours, 8 operations, 30 odd doses of chemo im now in year 10 ( October 23rd )and awaiting my third yearly checkup dont be brave, if it's not right then get it checked . Don't die of ignorance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, billytheghillie said: many, many thanks for all your kind comments they are really appreciated. as for Ditchies advice to eat more gravy, maybe it was the gravy that set me off 😃 Too many deep fried Mars Bars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 Very glad to hear the NHS came through and good luck with your ongoing recovery. I'm also pleased to see the other stories on here of people recovering from life threatening conditions. That said I will never forget how the NHS let my best friend down, the opportunitys missed to save his life and his subsequent death, long, long before his time, his funeral (that I had to stand outside for due to ridiculous Covid restrictions) or the wake, where I spoke to his parents. The NHS is failing under the strain put on it and something needs to be done before it's too late. It is no longer the best health care provider in the world and is in fact suppassed by many other countries at the point of care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 Best wishes, take it easy with your recovery. Nice to see a positive post about the NHS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted June 1, 2023 Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 All the very best Billy,,,, stay positive 🙂 I too had a good NHS experience (16 days in H) a couple of years ago,,,, couldn't fault most of the urgent/emergency care and treatment I was given 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-auto Posted June 5, 2023 Report Share Posted June 5, 2023 Some twenty three years ago, shortly after having moved house, I was doing some work which involved a lot of sawing. Suddenly had this pain in the side, which I thought was a pulled intercostal muscle. Carried on sawing, until the pain stopped me. Thought no more about it, enjoyed a large meal with wine, no more pain. Next day my wife and I went shopping and had piled the basket up high, when suddenly the pain hit again, only this time much worse. I started sweating and simply had to sit down. My wife told me to leave the shopping and go straight round to the GP. I hate shopping and wasn't prepared to leave it, so paid at the till and when we got back to the car, powered up the air con. Forty minutes later I was sat in front of a locum GP, who was without doubt past retirement age. She typed in my details so slowly that I offered to do the typing. "Clearly something you ate," she announced imperiously. "Come back if it hasn't cleared up in a few weeks"! My wife wasn't happy with this and as the pain was really bad, broke all speed limits in taking me to hospital. Strangely enough the pain disappeared the moment I stepped across the threshold into casualty - a bit like the tooth ache goes whenever I sit in the dentist's chair. However, blood tests showed I had had a heart attack. To cut a long story short, three weeks in hospital and two stents later I was declared fit enough to go home. Over the past 20 years, I have had another 3 stents, although I still consider myself a fit 75 year old!. The senior GP partner apologised and said that they would never use that locum again and had it been him I saw, he would have had the helicopter out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted June 5, 2023 Report Share Posted June 5, 2023 BTG glad all is okay and turned out for the better, Take care lad and be kind to yourself mate. Pushkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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