Mr Bishop rused into hospital

[Blandmum]

Today has to be one of the worst days ever. I came home from work, and the front door was open and the TV on, but I couldn't find DH. I phoned round a few mates who sometimes take him out for the day, and thankfully they came round. I found dh collapsed in the bathroom.

I thought he was dead.

Thankfully he wasn't, but it too a 999 call and the paramedics to find out that he was in a diabetic coma.

It was all so awful, it has been the thing that I've worried about most of all in his illness, coming home and finding him dead and I really thought that it had happened.

Amazingly the docs still think that he is well enough to chemo tomorrow and will arrange for us to have oxygen at home, and his o2 sats are poor, probably due to the tumous mass.

christ but this is hard. Thank god I had people with me when it happened, and MIL is visiting. If I had stayed in work for a meeting that I was supposed to go to, I think that he really could have died.

How awful. I hope the chemo goes OK tomorrow.

Oh MB what a terrible shock...hope that the chemo can go ahead.....sending positive vibes x

Bloody hell - what a lurch to the heart.

Really sorry, mb. The shock of that will be vivid for a while.

Where were the children?

Oh, you poor love. What a terrible shock. I hope the chemo goes well tomorrow, and that you are feeling a bit better now.

Oh MB I can;t even begin to imagine how that must have felt. Will be thinking of you tomorrow.

Really sorry to hear this MB - thank goodness he is OK now. My thoughts are with you all.

MB, you must have been so afraid, but you found him and thats what is important. Love to you both.

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Oh God how frightening for you both. Thank God you found him when you did. x

What a shock - thinking of you.

how scary mb. so glad you came home when you did. love to all.

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oh MB - how appalling
very glad he is still with you

How are you doing now?

Was he diabetic before or is this a recent development?

It is at least reassuring to know that the hospital are confident it'll be under control and he's fit for chemo duty tomorrow.

MB best best wishes for you and yours x

From me and DH x

Oh bloody hell MB, how absolutely awful - I'm so sorry. I do hope you've had a drink and got over that awful bouncing-leg Shock reaction.

Sorry to read this MB, it sounds too scary. I hope you're both ok xxx

Can you separate the diabetic thing out in your own mind? My mum, dad and grandmother are diabetic and I know a fair bit about diabetic comas. They are scary - but they also are dealable with and treatable. If Mr B can remember the symptoms - you almost have to "learn" what it feels like when it is coming - he is on the road to dealing with them.

I think what I'm trying to say is that if this is the diabetes, best to concentrate on the diabetes, rather than see it as a sign or symbol of his overall condition.

Best wishes.

Hes been diabetic for a bit over a year, but the diabetes is because of the pancreatic cancer.

Stupidly I thought that he had collapsed because of his recent breathing problems, and I didn't think about the diabetes.

I think that he slept through the early warning signs because he was over tired because he isn't sleeping well ( due to being out of breath and the panicy feeling this gives )

he's had a hypo before, but recognises the symptoms and takes some glucose. the worrying thing is that he slept through the early signs and was straight into coma

God, how awful for you all.
Thoughts and prayers for you.

Thank god the kids were in school. Friends picked them up and brought them home and MIL had arrived by then (she had planned to arive this PM anyway

Have you told your DDs, were they around? It must be tough on them too. I hope you have an easier night.

oh MB - how frightening Best wishes x

I have only just seen this, just read the OP. So sorry for you.

How are things now?