HI EVERYONE, I HAVE HAD MY BIOPSY AND WHAT AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE IT WAS, I WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MY BIOPSY AT NORWICH'S BRAND NEW MULTI-MILLION POUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
I WILL NOW LIST WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A CARRY ON FILM.
I WAS ADMITTED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 8.30, I WAS SHOWN TO MY BED AND SOON AFTER A DOCTOR ARRIVED TO TAKE MY BLOOD, SHE COULD NOT FIND A TOURNIQUET SO SHE USED A LATEX GLOVE, WHEN SHE TIED THE GLOVE AROUND MY ARM IT PINCHED MY SKIN, SHE THEN PUT A CANULAR (I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL IT) IN, THE PAIN IN MY ARM WAS AGONY, I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE. ANYWAY SHE TOOK MY BLOOD AND LEFT THE NEEDLE IN. A WHILE LATER A NURSE CAME TO GIVE ME MY FACTOR VIII, SHE TOOK OUT THE NEEDLE AND SAID "I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT WAS HURTING IT'S THE WRONG SIZE NEEDLE", NOW I AM STARTING TO GET PEEED OFF.
ANYWAY AFTER A FEW HOURS OF BLOOD TESTS AND FACTOR VIII THEY TAKE ME FOR MY BIOPSY, I WAS TAKEN TO A TREATMENT ROOM AND I MET THE DOCTOR WHO WAS DOING IT, HE EXPLAINED THE BIOPSY TO ME AND THEN STARTED TO DO IT. HE PUT THIS LONG THINGY INTO MY LIVER (AS I WAS COMING DOWN OFF THE CEILING) I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN IT WAS UNTRUE, MY SHOULDER WAS AGONY , I COULD NOT BREATH PROPERLY, MY STOMACH HURT. I FOUND OUT LATER HE CAUGHT MY DIAPHRAGM AND THAT'S WHY I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN. THEN THE GIT SAID THAT HE HAD NOT GOT A GOOD ENOUGH SAMPLE AND WANTED TO GO BACK IN, I TOLD HIM AS POLITELY AS I COULD TO PISS OFF.
I WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE WARD AND GIVEN SOME SERIOUS PAIN KILLERS, I WAS HAPPY THEN.
I HAD A BAD TURN LATER THEY PUT ME ON A ECG. BUT SOME MORE PAIN KILLERS SORTED ME OUT.
I WOKE LATER WITH SOMETHING DIGGING IN MY LEG, I FOUND THEY HAD LEFT A PAIR OF SCISSORS IN MY BED.
I JUST HOPE THEY GOT ENOUGH OF MY LIVER BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HAVING ANYMORE, (JUST YET).
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE NICE STAFF AT THE N & N,
THANK YOU TO JONATHAN & MIKE FOR VISITING ME,
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS ON JONATHAN'S BLOG,
AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE UNCARING BASTARD IN THE ULTRASOUND DEPT WHO, WHEN I ASKED HIM FOR SOME PAIN RELIEF TOLD ME HE WAS NOT A CHEMIST.
(WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND)
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Hi Steve,
You mean you didn't enjoy the N&N biopsy experience, having been through it myself you should be grateful that they remembered to give you factor VIII. Now be prepared to wait 3 months to see a consultant to get the results explained.
On that front I told my nurse that I was visiting you post biopsy today and she said to give you her phone number and she will arrange a time to explain the results - there are some good guys out there and she is one of them.
Rest up now
Jonathan
Christ Steve, I can't believe what you've been through. What about documenting it and sending it to the Medical Records Officer at the hospital - I know it's not going to help your pain but at least you'll have the satisfaction of knowing 'it's on record'.
I hope you feel better soon
best wishes
Tink
HI TINK,
AS JONATHAN SAID IN ONE OF HIS POSTS, IF YOU HAVE HEPATITIS C AND LIVE IN NORFOLK YOU ARE BUGGERED.
ALL THE BEST
STEVE
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