The Bluestocking does a late night flit again

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New thread, you know the drill!

As shaking it just left me with a circle of doom I switched it off and on again.

It worked. The bug has now disappeared

Just caught up. I hope everything gets sorted @MyrtleLion

Damn, if the Internet is working properly I’ve no excuse to carry on procrastinating. Not that I need one. It’s a good thing I only work part time.

I missed all the worrying events of last night, Myrtle, I'm glad there were some Stockingers around to handhold.

I hope that by now you've got the care and attention you need to understand what's going on, and what needs to be done to fix it.

It's not at all how we wanted our Lioness's sore paw surgery to go🙁x

Wouldn't it be brilliant it Myrtle was treated by a Dr Androcles!?

If you google 'injured lioness' you are likely to get a picture of a woman in a white football kit lying on the pitch clutching her knee...
so i'm resorting to my fave lioness GIF to say that I hope Myrtle roars back to full health very soon

Finally got through just after 10. The nurse from the clinic said no orthopaedic clinic today and as I’ve been discharged, I should go to the minor injuries unit back at the big hospital 20 miles away, not the one a mile away near my GP, where I will be triaged and have to wait for the on-call orthopaedic team. As you can imagine I will probably have an even longer wait than yesterday (6 hours).

She is calling the on-call ortho to see if there is an alternative, but I reckon I’ll be spending the afternoon and evening in A&E.

Are things looking no worse, Myrtle? I hope so.

Boring though sitting in A&E for hours will be, at least you know there's help on hand if things change.

Good luck!

That is true. I have stayed off the foot since I put more gauze on it so it hasn’t bled through yet, but it will still need to be looked at. I just want it to be sorted out. And then I can sit on my sofa and sleep and watch trashy TV.

Sending you this image of the kind of caring professional intervention you need ASAP
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Oh, Myrtle! It's all a bit 'Computer says no', isn't it? I hope you get seen & sorted asap.

Were you OK after the anaesthetic? I woke up & hallucinated in the middle of the night after my last one, & was convinced I was right.😂

Does the NHS have the equivalent of Irish Public Health Nurses, part of whose job is to visit people who have been discharged from hospital and check they're progressing as they should be? With a fast-track to emergency response if such is needed.

Anyhow, until such time, I'm still reminding the Guardian angels.

Sorry to read about your leg woes @MyrtleLion. I hope one hospital or another has managed to sort you out - I’m just awake but it’s gone noon where you are.

afaik District Nurses still do this, but I’m not sure who they cover nowadays.

@MyrtleLion This thread seems good for a laugh, it's had me crackling up

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That is exactly who helped me! She was very warm and friendly.

I was seen within half an hour which was lovely by an emergency department quokka nurse who is amazing and friendly and immediately brought me tea and a ham and tomato sandwich.
I saw the doctors, a registrar and a senior house officer, who explained in great detail that my stitches were in three layers, it was major surgery despite the small incisions and I should only bear weight if it doesn't hurt! They apologised for the poor short discharge notes which was why the physio was very much insistent that I walk in the boot and not hop for the first few days. Not her fault.

I shouldn't have been discharged last night and it was highly likely that the nerve block had not fully worked until midnight, (like dental injections) which explained why it hurt then didn’t and why I could waggle my toes then couldn't.
The blood was a normal amount for ankles and feet which apparently bleed a lot and* *if this had all been explained yesterday and I had stayed in overnight, the dressings would have been changed this morning and all fears alleviated. And I would have slept.
The lovely quokka changed my dressings, added a bandage as ordered by the doctor, and realised I need two boots. A larger one while my lymphoedema and surgical swelling subside then the one for my foot size.
I just needed someone to explain things properly and some overnight care with a dressing change and a realisation of boot size.
Feeling much better and the Walrus should be here shortly to take me home.

I just came on to see how you are doing @MyrtleLion and read through this whole sorry sarga. I'm glad you are on your way home and hope you manage to put your leg up and get some sleep! Prior to maybe joining us for a beverage later on in the evening.

phew

I wonder would the person I drove past this morning just before I turned off for tea, who obviously wondered why the oul' wan was talking to herself, have been comforted or alarmed if they'd heard the guardian angel prayer being specifically tailored for 'Myrtle's guardian angel, and the Walrus's'?

Hooray for getting prompt attention.

Ps it's such a good thing you pushed for help. Otherwise you could have been walking on it completely inappropriately, blimey what a lot of stress!

I am pleased you are alright Myrtle. It is attention to details like discharge notes that makes a big difference to recovery in many cases and they are sometimes too keen to get people out of the door. My DSis had to intervene when a hospital wanted to discharge DM very quickly last year. Fortunately she has a nursing background and they listened reluctantly. DM ended up as an inpatient for another week!

Very good news indeed Myrtle

I offer you a nice hug

(not sure where your other foot has gone)

That seems sensible and reassuring. Pity you weren't told from the off, you might have really be hurt....more.

Glad to hear you were so well treated, finally, @MyrtleLion . Pity they couldn't have got it right in the beginning <eyeroll>. Best wishes for healing.

I'm very reassured and things look better now, Myrtle.
Here's to quiet weeks of steady, thorough healing.