Good Old Nhs

[68904]

In early July 2009, at 0230hrs, I was rushed into my local hospital, and 24hours later I was operated on, and they found a perforated small bowel.

Then 4 days later I was sent home.

I cannot complain about my treatment in Hospital as they were great.

The staff were 100%, the doctors also.

This op was life saving major surgery, and all they found was a small hole in my bowel, which if not found would have been fatal.

I have an 18 inch scar from my operation and the knowledge that no cancer was found.

All I can say is Thankyou to all involved at my local hospital.

I am now recovering from the op which is a slow process, after major surgery.

[Guest Old_andrew2018]

wishing you a speedy recovery

[Night Owl]

Well done 68904. You survived the NHS.

A successful and positive outcome.

I would love to hear about more positive stories instead of people always slagging the NHS off and putting it down.

I have worked hard for the NHS for the last 30 years and care for the job I do. I also fight hard to maintain good care for those I care for, and will continue to do so.

 

Thank you 68904.

Night Owl

[sunflower99]

I also had a good outcome from NHS ! I started to loose the sight out of my left eye got refferred by casaulty to emergency eye clinic,They found i had a detached retina and that very same day i got reffered to another hospital and went there! The next day i had an operation to fix it,All the doctors and staff there were brilliant I even had a doctor look at me in evening when i arrived at hospital who were able to treat me! So yes the good old NHS was there for me on that occasion! They are very good with emergencies:)

[ErikaPNP]

How lovely to see a positive post, here's to a speedy recovery!

[sunflower99]

Hi 68904

Hope you still makeing a good recoery now and feeling a lot better! As you say the good old NHS are there for people when chips are down,I also want to mention how good they were when my OH had a heart attack and the prompt help they gave him and how caring the nursers and medical staff were during his stay! Another positive example !

[68904]

My wife worked 40 years as a SRN/SCM, and ended up as a Snr sister on the same surgical ward as I ended up on,and she specialised as a Stoma Care Nurse.

I have great respect for the doctors who dealt with me, and the nursing staff and all the rest of the team.

When I came home, my wife went into Sister mode, so I was unable to pull a fast one on her, as she has seen/heard it all before.

Its now 12 weeks since I had the op, but I do not over do things as my stomach tells me straight awayto slow down.

Glad I do not live in Yankee land and have to pay for my treatment.

[DrTeeth]

You have paid for your treatment through the high taxes we suffer in this country. Just because it is free at the point of access does not mean it is free. The NHS is only good because of the front-line staff who work in it. As a system of health care provision it is a mess, being used as a political football by all parties as a vote winning tool.

[pompeyfaith]

I was sent to hospital on the 09/04/1990 after collapsing in my local diy store they thought i had meningitis so after having a one week stay in hospital then a lumber puncture i was sent home to rest.

 

the following night i was rushed back to hospital after taking a grave turn for the worst.

 

I was given an MRI scan (one of the first to use this new piece of kit at the time) and it showed up an subarachnoid haemorrhage- aneurism of the left middle cerebral artery.

 

So at this point I was sedated and rushed to the nearest nuro surgery unit at Southampton and went under the knife to stop the bleed.

 

I was put in an induced coma for 2 mths to aid recovery and after 4 mths was transferred back to hospital at portsmouth for a further month and underwent physiotherapy on my rightside.

 

Now considering all this was some 19 yrs ago and im still here 99.9% fit and the fact stroke treatment has come a long way since then i cannot thank the NHS enough.

 

Admittedly my condition was not spotted straight away and I was sent home,but then not enough was known about the warning signs it still is not spotted straight away hence the adverts we have all seen on tv.

 

My thanks goes to that MRI scanner an excellent piece of kit.

 

Anyway i just like to say here's to another 20 yrs as the last 20 has been fabulous

 

Regards

 

PF

[sunflower99]

Hi Pompeyefaith

Sorry to hear you had such hoffific problems as well but at least you got fantastic help and treatment and i do admire your fightting spirit,Well done and in spite of your health problems you managed to give MBNA and all those other pondfeeder DCAS a run for their money!Heres to many more years of giving these DCAS grief!

[MRSWESTHAM]

How lovely to hear not only yu are on the mend but that you were happy with the treatment you received

[mjc007.5]

Hiya 68904,

 

Glad you are on the mend and thank you very much for the positive NHS post!

 

There are a lot of things the NHS can do better, mistakes are made (which as they often involve peoples health can be terrible) but the NHS actually gets the larger amount of what it does right. Nice to hear one of those positives for a change!

 

All the best

[MsWeatherwax]

Hiya 68904,

 

Glad you are on the mend and thank you very much for the positive NHS post!

 

There are a lot of things the NHS can do better, mistakes are made (which as they often involve peoples health can be terrible) but the NHS actually gets the larger amount of what it does right. Nice to hear one of those positives for a change!

 

All the best

 

Seconding, wholeheartedly. You wouldn't believe the kick I get when we get a nice letter from a patient "saying 'thanks, you really helped me'". It genuinely makes my day. We do try, honest!!!