On Thursday, I experienced my first ever ambulance ride into hospital. The ambulance crew were amazing and helped me by putting me at ease. The funny thing was that one of the crew had actually sorted my husband, Lucien, when he needed a trip to hospital for pericarditis a few months back.
Now, I'm going to take a few steps back to explain this journey to hospital...
I woke up and felt the best I had felt for a while, so I started my morning routine.., 10 minutes later I was hunched over in unbearable crippling pain, different to normal gall pains I get. I took all the painkillers I could and waited half hour and the pain didn't receed, we rang 111 and spoke to a couple of people, which resulted in an ambulance to come and scoop me up.
On the ambulance trip to RDE hospital, the paramedic tried 4 different places for a cannula to give me morphine, these were all unsuccessful so I was given it in liquid form.
At the hospital I was then stabbed again a few times by a doctor for the cannula to be inserted again, he managed to put it in my wrist eventually. I had blood taken and more morphine along with anti sickness and then after all tests done and pain gone I was able to go home, flying high and feeling like a pin cushion.
So, I have found out that my gall bladder is inflamed, worst timing ever!
I have been told to rest and take all the painkillers I have and to sit back and enjoy a few days out of it, until my operation. This is all well and good for most people, but I find it hard to lay in bed and rest, I like to be moving around doing things.
The sooner this gall bladder is out the better!
Laura
Now, I'm going to take a few steps back to explain this journey to hospital...
I woke up and felt the best I had felt for a while, so I started my morning routine.., 10 minutes later I was hunched over in unbearable crippling pain, different to normal gall pains I get. I took all the painkillers I could and waited half hour and the pain didn't receed, we rang 111 and spoke to a couple of people, which resulted in an ambulance to come and scoop me up.
On the ambulance trip to RDE hospital, the paramedic tried 4 different places for a cannula to give me morphine, these were all unsuccessful so I was given it in liquid form.
At the hospital I was then stabbed again a few times by a doctor for the cannula to be inserted again, he managed to put it in my wrist eventually. I had blood taken and more morphine along with anti sickness and then after all tests done and pain gone I was able to go home, flying high and feeling like a pin cushion.
So, I have found out that my gall bladder is inflamed, worst timing ever!
I have been told to rest and take all the painkillers I have and to sit back and enjoy a few days out of it, until my operation. This is all well and good for most people, but I find it hard to lay in bed and rest, I like to be moving around doing things.
The sooner this gall bladder is out the better!
Laura
I sympathise with finding it hard to rest! Medical advice for me at the moment is to rest every 2-3 hours, even if all I have been doing is going on line. I find it sooo frustrating, all I can do is sit there thinking of all the things I could be doing (should be doing) and getting cross! Not made for sitting still me.
ReplyDeleteOh, and (blushed for ranting about self) I hope you feel really better really fast x
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