The Medical Thread.

Out of surgery and recovering results to follow, currently making a pig of myself with Ice pops, sandwiches and TEA made with my own IMPORTED teabags, Non of this Aussie Bushells Crap, ! Thanks forall your good wishes YNWA!

Out of surgery and recovering results to follow, currently making a pig of myself with Ice pops, sandwiches and TEA made with my own IMPORTED teabags, Non of this Aussie Bushells Crap, ! Thanks forall your good wishes YNWA!

Made up it went well Steve, all the best.

Made up it went well Steve, all the best.

Cheers Cass.

Out of surgery and recovering results to follow, currently making a pig of myself with Ice pops, sandwiches and TEA made with my own IMPORTED teabags, Non of this Aussie Bushells Crap, ! Thanks forall your good wishes YNWA!

When you get a chance, send me your postal address! Got some nice Welsh medicine to send you.

When you get a chance, send me your postal address! Got some nice Welsh medicine to send you.

Just Pm'd you mate.

I've been taking 'Nexium' for a Reflux problem for about 10yrs and in that time I've moved Countries 4 times, well my 'Doc down under' suggested getting checked out as he wasn't prepared to keep giving me the tablet ad hoc so he sent me off to a see a specialist 300km away who made an appointment for a Gastroscopy (camera down throat!) anyway long story short, I'm now being operated on on Tuesday for removal of cancerous tonsils and a lump in my throat not being able to return home for 2 weeks as there's a high risk of post op bleeding and we live too rural!
After that there's a Cancerous Kidney to remove ASAP! Which they found whilst checking out my throat cancer courtesy of a PET CT SCAN. all these doctors, referrals, specialists and surgeons with separate 600km overnight round trips to the nearest hospital to finally get to this point! and then we've got 6 weeks solid chemo with no return home! so that takes us into the new year. (hopefully!)
I was hoping for 3 points to put me in a better mood But i suppose I'm being too demanding.

Good luck with everything, hope the last few months haven't been too rough.

Sitting in the reception area of my local surgery & all I see is old heads vaccinated for the Covid-19 ...

They have been told to hang around for half hour just in case they get a allergic or adverse reaction to the vaccine... 😳

Been on a journey eh Frizz ?

Keep on keeping on mate.

Following your progress .

So I'm back at the hospital tomorrow to see the diabetic foot clinic, I've had a toe infection, ulcerated and have been on a course of anti-biotics for 6 weeks, if it's not healed enough, I may lose my toe  dreading going with all the covid about and dreading the news I might get 

So I'm back at the hospital tomorrow to see the diabetic foot clinic, I've had a toe infection, ulcerated and have been on a course of anti-biotics for 6 weeks, if it's not healed enough, I may lose my toe  dreading going with all the covid about and dreading the news I might get 

Finger crossed Cas🤞

Finger crossed Cas🤞

Appreciate that hun 

So I'm back at the hospital tomorrow to see the diabetic foot clinic, I've had a toe infection, ulcerated and have been on a course of anti-biotics for 6 weeks, if it's not healed enough, I may lose my toe  dreading going with all the covid about and dreading the news I might get 

You’ll be ok Cas, keep a close eye on the toe, not good those infections..are your sugar levels high I guess?

You’ll be ok Cas, keep a close eye on the toe, not good those infections..are your sugar levels high I guess?

Back from the hospital, I've got to go back in two weeks time to see how the infection is, if it's still no  better, I will definately have to have surgery  They want to see if it improves without me being on more antibiotics.

My sugar levels are quite stable, usually around 6 -7 as I'm on insulin.

Back from the hospital, I've got to go back in two weeks time to see how the infection is, if it's still no  better, I will definately have to have surgery  They want to see if it improves without me being on more antibiotics.

My sugar levels are quite stable, usually around 6 -7 as I'm on insulin.

Hopefully in 2 weeks there will be a reduction in infection... is it your small toe that’s infected & has it turned black..?

Random but relevant, it's not your big toe is it Cas?

No, it's the toe next to my big one.

Hopefully in 2 weeks there will be a reduction in infection... is it your small toe that’s infected & has it turned black..?

Not discoloured fortunately, a good pink colour and looks healthy enough, I splashed some boiling water on my toe, by accident and it's not healed, got infected and had problems ever since, obviously with me being diabetic, they are worried about it.

No, it's the toe next to my big one.

Not discoloured fortunately, a good pink colour and looks healthy enough, I splashed some boiling water on my toe, by accident and it's not healed, got infected and had problems ever since, obviously with me being diabetic, they are worried about it.

Thought it could have been gangrene! Key is keeping the dressing clean & changed often... my dad used to get ulcers on his toes through diabetes but they healed with antibiotics.. hopefully you’ve not done any vascular damage..

Thought it could have been gangrene! Key is keeping the dressing clean & changed often... my dad used to get ulcers on his toes through diabetes but they healed with antibiotics.. hopefully you’ve not done any vascular damage..

Change dressing every other day and keep it nice and clean. they did take an x-ray to make sure it hasn't gone down to the bone, so fingers crossed, 2 weeks to wait now.

Change dressing every other day and keep it nice and clean. they did take an x-ray to make sure it hasn't gone down to the bone, so fingers crossed, 2 weeks to wait now.

Sorry to hear about that, not at all pleasant. Hope all goes well with you Cas.

So I'm back at the hospital tomorrow to see the diabetic foot clinic, I've had a toe infection, ulcerated and have been on a course of anti-biotics for 6 weeks, if it's not healed enough, I may lose my toe  dreading going with all the covid about and dreading the news I might get 

Hope you are better very soon, take good care Cas.

Hope all goes well

So I'm back at the hospital tomorrow to see the diabetic foot clinic, I've had a toe infection, ulcerated and have been on a course of anti-biotics for 6 weeks, if it's not healed enough, I may lose my toe  dreading going with all the covid about and dreading the news I might get 

Good luck Cas. Hope you get the news you want 😘

No, it's the toe next to my big one.

Not discoloured fortunately, a good pink colour and looks healthy enough, I splashed some boiling water on my toe, by accident and it's not healed, got infected and had problems ever since, obviously with me being diabetic, they are worried about it.

Oh, sorry to hear that Cas. Prayers for you, I'm sure you will be good as new soon enough. If it isn't one thing, it always seems to be something else.

Sorry to hear about that, not at all pleasant. Hope all goes well with you Cas.

Hope you are better very soon, take good care Cas.

Hope all goes well

Good luck Cas. Hope you get the news you want 😘

Oh, sorry to hear that Cas. Prayers for you, I'm sure you will be good as new soon enough. If it isn't one thing, it always seems to be something else.

Thanks Guys, really appreciate your support in these testing times, just not nice being around hospitals at the moment, I'm sure it will all work out for me in the end, you have to keep positive with these things don't you, a lot of people much worse off than me.