Saturday 14 October 2023

Winter is Coming

 Well the geese are better than any weather forecast for the last couple of nights theyve been coming over in the early hours , old cat has come in for the season she decided she was joining me in bed last night and wanted to fight me for possession of the hot water bottle , little cat was not best pleased so they were having a scrap on the landing at 4am , this morning old cat has been out to do her business and has discovered that the dehydrator is a source of warmth so shes cuddling it . ho hum .. got to remember to fetch in the last of the houseplants before dusk , ive ordered a cheap burn your house down growlight from China for my ginger plants popped into the fake fireplace there may be room for a few salad plants we shall see.

We are still having fun with our GPs  , other half is supposed to have his transfusions or infusions every 6 months , he has six monthly blood tests to schedule his hospital visit , he had the blood test and they insist his results are perfectly normal so he doesnt need a transfusion the problem is this cant be true he has no ability to absorb iron from diet ,so his problems are getting worse hes itching all the time his tinnitus is ridiculous hes shouting all the time and hes just exhausted .  We have a telephone consult with a new haematologist in a couple of weeks maybe they can kick our GP up the arse and teach them how to read test results , i know what he has is rare but delegating reading his results to some office minion isnt on . Meanwhile im sick of being told that i can expect these things at my age and not seeing anyone . 2 years since i last saw any doctor at our surgery !!!  there is never anyone there other than support staff , woe betide you have a medical problem thats not super normal or available on google .AAARRRGGGGHHHH

3 comments:

  1. I've just found your blog via Hard up Hester, so I'm not up to date with what your history is yet, but I think it's awful that the surgery don't seem to understand the situation. When my late dad had his blood tests for acute renal failure, I would just text or ring the renal unit with the blood results and they would arrange the transfusion appointment, cutting out the gp altogether. When I would ask for the results, they would say, "It's low, but no action as it's being monitored"!!! Yes it was...by me! Would it be possible for your consultant to arrange this way for you? You understand the readings better than any receptionist! Hope things improve quickly.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Just to let you know your little walnut tree is determined to hang on to its leaves. Su

    ReplyDelete