What’s wrong with me, hospital clueless

[elm26]

Yesterday at 1pm, I put my 6 month old on the rug with his toys and went for a wee.

As I was walking back I had a sudden severe pain in my right side radiating into my lower back and up to my shoulder, I was in agony.

I called DH who was luckily only on a job 15 mins away, he came straight home and took one look at me and called ambulance, I was shouting out in pain they gave me gas and air and morphine.

I had an emergency CT when dye last night and also have a catheter as lost the ability to wee. Nothing showed on CT, they got me settled on morphine and today I’ve had a transvaginal scan which shows ovaries and womb look normal.

Gynae can’t find a reason so they’ve stopped painkillers and just giving me paracetamol but somethings wrong I feel like somebody’s twisting my insides. The gynae consultant was horrible and said the surgical team will come see me if they think it’s worth it?? So I’m waiting for that if they come.

I’m in so much pain and genuinely scared they’ll send me home not knowing what is wrong with me.

Has anyone has anything similar?

It is interesting that there’s all of the information campaigns and signs telling us to go straight to a doctor if there’s blood in our poo, but then…

Boom. There it is. Can you imagine some man who is the “breadwinner” for his family and a huge tradie being treated to a conversation about if he was avoiding going home to his wife and children, or being given this lovely pamphlet that OP was? This kind of treatment is disgusting. I do know it’s not “all men”; I’m sure OP’s poor DH is going absolutely out of his mind with worry and feels helpless in the face of this type of medical fuckery.

Hope you have a quiet and painfree Easter.

Have to agree, my doctor quite often asks if everything is ok at home, are things fine at work and am I taking anything herbal?
He's never asked my husband these questions.

I too would push for bowel cancer review - I know two people recently who’ve had severe abdominal pain and they’ve found a tumour causing twisting of the gut (one benign, one malignant). Good luck OP, sorry you’re having a rough time.

Regarding the colonoscopy, I’d present to the gp and ask for them to refer you for one due to the blood in stool, they might ask you to do a FIT test, but changes in bowel habits and blood should be a good enough reason. Two years is plenty of time for things to change.

the morphine and cocodamol must have done a complete number on you though, oramorph leaves me bad for ages and I have to resort to extreme measures to move through it. The joy of opioids!

I am sorry to read that you are still suffering without resolution. Whilst my comment now may not cure you, I thought I should mention how NHS hospitals work in terms of coverage during bank holidays and weekends. The aim is to discharge as many patients as possible at the latter part of any working week. This reduces beds in use and staff coverage. Weekend nursing staff our covered by agency nurses as well as full-time nurses. The Dr. coverage is also reduced with a duty Dr. available for each discipline. In view of this you were being prepared for discharge as you were not considered in a life-threatening or operable position. This is only an observation that I have made during my life and experience with the NHS. Many will argue this is not the protocol but I always joke for goodness sake don’t get ill on a Friday.

Can you afford to go private?

It might be worth shelling out to get a diagnosis because once someone has diagnosed, they send the results to your GP and you're then in the system to actually be treated.

Hope everything is ok OP. Been wondering how you are.

Happy Easter @elm26 . I so hope things have gotten a bit better for you.

Thinking of you @elm26

How are you doing @elm26 ?

Can you pay for a private appt? I know you shouldn’t have to but I think if I could afford it I would

Hi OP
Did you get any answers in the end? Have been thinking about you this week because a colleague of mine has been admitted with very similar symptoms - severe abdominal pain and cramping - and has been diagnosed with diverticulitis. Fortunately for her they took her seriously and did a CT scan, amongst other tests which showed it up. Hope you're feeling better now.

Hope you’re doing okay @elm26

elm26... Hi, how are you now? Hope you've recovered and feeling better now... but what was it that was so painfull? And did you feel you were treated better in the end?

Ive been thinking about you and sincerely hope that you are better and have got some answers. ❤️

I hope the OP is ok

How are you doing OP?

Op hasn't updated since the 2nd. I hope this means she's ok and getting the right help at last and not thinking about going online. All the best to her.

@elm26 posted yesterday.

Where? Not in list of OP's posts....

Hope Op is ok

Yesterday on a nub theory thread.

It's probably best if people assume that @elm26 got the support she needed from this thread when she was in hospital.

How are you now OP? 💐

Hello

I’m so sorry I haven’t got back for an update.

2 days after I came home from hospital, DH woke me shouting in pain at 2am (this is a man who won’t take paracetamol for a headache) begging for pain relief/help/ambulance. He had a kidney stone that was making its way down and it’s been a really stressful time for us with juggling an almost 3 year old and a baby too.

My GP confirmed that one of my incisions was infected and prescribed antibiotics but it’s still ongoing, it’s still infected and horrible, my belly button looks botched. I’ve had planned laparoscopes for my endo before and I’ve never been left looking like this and with a constant infection.

He referred me straight away for endoscopy and colonoscopy so I’m waiting for my appt letters.

We’re both still not 100% but I’m feeling okay although beginning to get a bit worried due to my bowel habits suddenly changing too.

Thanks to you all that cared and have asked how I’m doing x