In 3 days I am going in for a little operation 
Started in September with vertigo and after 5 weeks of it they sent me for an MRI , I go to get the results on November 28th and the wait for results was running an hour late . I said not to worry I will rebook or get the doc to call me . So off trots the nurse and she said the doctor would rather he saw you and I was bumped up to next in .
I then got the words no one wants to hear "We found something by mistake" but the ENT guy said as it was a mistake to find it , it is nothing to worry about !!
Since then I suffered a mini stroke new years day , But no one would take me serious as my paper work still said routine . I have extreme pain in neck , shoulders , back , arms and legs . Migraines that last 3 weeks and just crap in general .
Since then I have stuggled with them classing me as a routine until I get to the neurology department last month after a pre op and 4th MRI and see the paper work is all marked "URGENT"
I have something called a type 3 chiari malformation , This is a brain hernia from my cerebellum pushing on my cerebral cortex and also stopping spinal fluid moving to and from my brain . I am recommended to under go a 4 hour operation with a week in icu and then 3 month recovery . I am roughly only 1 of 4 people per year that need this operation per year .
Low and behold I had to call them 3 weeks after the pre op and guess what , secretary paperwork said routine So after some hard words , 2 days after my call I now have a date .
Started in September with vertigo and after 5 weeks of it they sent me for an MRI , I go to get the results on November 28th and the wait for results was running an hour late . I said not to worry I will rebook or get the doc to call me . So off trots the nurse and she said the doctor would rather he saw you and I was bumped up to next in .
I then got the words no one wants to hear "We found something by mistake" but the ENT guy said as it was a mistake to find it , it is nothing to worry about !!
Since then I suffered a mini stroke new years day , But no one would take me serious as my paper work still said routine . I have extreme pain in neck , shoulders , back , arms and legs . Migraines that last 3 weeks and just crap in general .
Since then I have stuggled with them classing me as a routine until I get to the neurology department last month after a pre op and 4th MRI and see the paper work is all marked "URGENT"
I have something called a type 3 chiari malformation , This is a brain hernia from my cerebellum pushing on my cerebral cortex and also stopping spinal fluid moving to and from my brain . I am recommended to under go a 4 hour operation with a week in icu and then 3 month recovery . I am roughly only 1 of 4 people per year that need this operation per year .
Low and behold I had to call them 3 weeks after the pre op and guess what , secretary paperwork said routine So after some hard words , 2 days after my call I now have a date .
