Fed Up With Hospitals...

I'm sick of seeing the inside of hospitals at the moment. As if it wasn't bad enough that I have to go for a stack load of outpatient appointments (my body doesn't work too well sadly) I've had two admissions in just over a month.

Early July I spent about 4 days on a surgical ward having scans then having my appendix out having spent a week brewing appendicitis which they were treating as a UTI cos my bladder is one of my useless bits.

Then I got home just this friday having been in for 12 days with a back injury that has left me with numb and not working very well legs. Had to get scanned to see if I needed surgery on my back (thankfully not) and then had to spend a while trying to get back up and going again. I should really still be there but I was getting fed up, they were deep cleaning this weekend, I'd have got no physio til tomorrow and you only get ten minutes a day so it seemed a bit pointless, plus I wanted to be at home with hubby and Poppy.

Having spent the weekend at home part of me wishes I hadn't been so prompt and I'd endured the boredom of the weekend just building my strength up walking about the ward but you can't undo what's done so we're coping at home.

I'll no doubt end up with another pile of outpatient appointments now which I could do without. Mind you, getting taken out of here was 'fun' cos we have a rubbish turn at the bottom of the stairs and you can't get a stretcher out of it so I ended up with the fire brigade cutting the bedroom window out!! It was interesting but I don't fancy doing it again!

Anyway, I just felt like moaning cos I am sick of the inside of hospitals, sick of my body falling apart and just a bit fed up. Apologies for the moan, and it's good to be back on Dogsey again!

Ali xx

Poor you. (((hugs)))


(PS hope some of the firemen made up very slightly for the rest of it)

Sending ((((HUGE HUGS)))) from me and the gang and hope you have a speedy recovery hun xxx

You poor thing, you've certainly been through it lately. I hope that you're now on the road to recovery. Keep your chin up, we're all here for you. xx

I`m so sorry hun. Are there any books you`d like us to get or anything to cheer you up? What are you into?
x

I'm so sorry you're having to spend so much time in hospital....

Hope you're feeling better soon x

Sorry to hear you have been poorly again you have lots of friends here and can have a moan if you like we understand sending you lots of hugs from me and my girls

Awwww alison, i'm sorry to hear you haven't been well, you always know when you've been in hospital too long, they stop asking you if you have suger in your tea.
Here's hoping you have a break now before your body starts falling to pieces again.
I'm on that many pills now, i'm sure i rattle when i walk, and i'm at the outpatients that often, they just call me by my first name .

Thanks very much for the replies. I really appreciate knowing there are people here I can moan to when I've had enough of it all. When I was on the orthopaedic ward just recently they got to the point where they could even work out what I'd pressed my buzzer for before they got to my bed. I felt like I was just being a pain. The staff were fantastic though.

The poor lady in the bed opposite me made me feel better though as she had been there for over 12 weeks when I moved in to the bay with her and she had only just moved out of a side room having been in isolation for over 2 months amongst all sorts. She still has at least two operations and who knows what else to go, so at least I wasn't too bad!

I just get a tad fed up with having to live with a body that just doesn't function like one should and half the time no on can tell me why it doesn't or what is wrong, so I end up with "we don't know". My personal 'pharmacy' is now at around 14 drugs and I'm taking upwards of 30 pills a day!!

I currently have diagnoses of fibromyalgia, CRPS/RSD, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, kethosis (?sp), hypertension, asthma, depression, PTSD, a bladder that just doesn't work (actually the consultant said "it's totally knackered"), a nervous system that does random things at random times, migraines, tension headaches, cluster headaches, TMJ dysfunction, some version of slack ligaments meaning my joints disclocate, some irregularity with my periods (not had one for 19 months now), insomnia and I can't think of anything else at the moment.

I really think a new body is in order. I am thinking of treating myself to a wheelchair for getting out and about when I am not up to walking because of pain (the nhs ones are horrible and hell to push) and I am about to order a nice walking stick to replace the nhs issue brown wood version!

I just need a break I think. I hate hospitals. I worry about my other half being on his own cos he's not particularly self-sufficient (he's completely blind and no one ever bothered to teach him to cook or clean or anything) and Poppy has shot up 2 inches while I've been in hospital (she's 15 weeks old now, 11 inches tall but skinny as anything!) and missed a load of training and socialisation opportunities.

Ah well, there's always someone worse off than I am so I guess I can remind myself of that. At least I have a husband that loves me and friends I know I can rely on and Dogsey and the fab folk here.

Thanks again everyone. You've really cheered me up and made me feel better!

Ali xx

So sorry to hear how down you are, I thought I held the record for hospital visits and operations over the last couple of years, and it has got me down at times, but I have had nowhere near anything as bad as you...I truly hope someone finds something to help you, that's no life for anyone, no wonder you have depression too.

I hope you start to pick up and get chance to spend more time with your hubby and Poppy. xxx