A strange journey

something daft already!! said:
They made it sound worse than it was. Not too bad.
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They do seem to like to do that, I suspect partly because if they don't make it out to be unpleasant and someone doesn't like it they get complaints rather than "you did that really well, I barely felt it" ;)

Glad you're still with us and it sounds like you're making good progress :)
 
Throrik said:
Do they still apply loads of pressure on where they inject the dye? My Dad had to have these super regularly a few years back, and they injected it near the femoral artery and then pretty much sat on it for 20m after.
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Yes they did, that was the most uncomfortable part.. My hip is still aching from that. I had to lay flat for an hour afterwards but they forgot and left me there for 2. I had to be in bed for 4 hours in total after it. I also didn't eat the night before as I wasn't told anything about it. I found out when we got that I could have done! I was most annoyed and starving. They rushed it through as the letter giving more info would have arrived 2 weeks after my appointment.
 
It's a small world. My partner just got back from Brighton to have her ears permed or eye brows done or something and who did she see in there, but Katy Price. She is quite a chatty lady my partner and was talking to her when a friend of Katies came in to the place and told her that her daughter who was in intensive care, just two beds up from me and at the same time I was in there, was in a coma for ten weeks had just been taken off life support and died. The self same thing happened to her as me. She collapsed and went into a coma. She was only 22. It makes me feel even more lucky that I survived.
 
something daft already!! said:
It's a small world. My partner just got back from Brighton to have her ears permed or eye brows done or something and who did she see in there, but Katy Price. She is quite a chatty lady my partner and was talking to her when a friend of Katies came in to the place and told her that her daughter who was in intensive care, just two beds up from me and at the same time I was in there, was in a coma for ten weeks had just been taken off life support and died. The self same thing happened to her as me. She collapsed and went into a coma. She was only 22. It makes me feel even more lucky that I survived.
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But Katie Price is still alive…?
 
Apart from feeling tired after longish walks I feel almost back to normal now. I'm due back at work in 2 weeks for a week then I have 2 weeks off on holiday. I'm still not sure how much I will remember and not sure if I can do my job. I'm still a tad forgetful but I'm hoping it will come back to me like everything else. I'm actually looking forward to working again as it does get boring at home even though we go out for coffee and walks etc. There's only so many episodes of the chase we can watch without getting bored of it.
 
My first week back at work, only a couple of hours a day and being tested on what I can remember. Doing a lot better than I thought I would. Will be having some training but I remember most stuff when prompted. I'm still needing a rest during the day as I still get tired but I'm so much better than the first day when I practically had to drag myself up the stairs to get home.
 
something daft already!! said:
Yes they did, that was the most uncomfortable part.. My hip is still aching from that. I had to lay flat for an hour afterwards but they forgot and left me there for 2. I had to be in bed for 4 hours in total after it. I also didn't eat the night before as I wasn't told anything about it. I found out when we got that I could have done! I was most annoyed and starving. They rushed it through as the letter giving more info would have arrived 2 weeks after my appointment.
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Tangential and not very relevant...some of the best food I've ever had was hospital food. Not because it was really that good, but because I'd been on "nil by mouth" for what seemed like ages beforehand (surgery was delayed a bit for some reason). Hunger is the best sauce.

something daft already!! said:
My first week back at work, only a couple of hours a day and being tested on what I can remember. Doing a lot better than I thought I would. Will be having some training but I remember most stuff when prompted. I'm still needing a rest during the day as I still get tired but I'm so much better than the first day when I practically had to drag myself up the stairs to get home.
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Sounds like your employer is being reasonable, which is good.

Did you ever find out a cause?
 
Angilion said:
Tangential and not very relevant...some of the best food I've ever had was hospital food. Not because it was really that good, but because I'd been on "nil by mouth" for what seemed like ages beforehand (surgery was delayed a bit for some reason). Hunger is the best sauce.



Sounds like your employer is being reasonable, which is good.

Did you ever find out a cause?
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They are indeed. No never found the cause, at least not yet. Had an MRI on Sunday will get results in two weeks.
 
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