Well that's me off my bike for a while

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

No my calf is numb!!

Goes back to re-read...


...oops there goes the dyslexia again. I had switched the order of 2 words. Males much more sense 2nd time around

Talk to Bupa once you know which hospital - Warrington is on their list

http://finder.bupa.co.uk/Hospital/view/52771/warrington_hospital?ql=WARRINGTON

Means you get to be on a private 'ward' but with all the facilities of big NHS hospital

That would make more sense, though she said it was her NHS list that day but... I'll ask on Monday, her anaesthetist will know. Yesterday was getting too much for me what with the pain and everything plus the amount of walking she wanted me to do and the can you do this questions. I got to the point where I couldn't take it all in.
Not sure how I will be on Monday what with 2 appointments 2hrs apart but they know I am stretcher bound and I will take my morphine with me this time instead of relying on the codeine to get me through the day. Also hopefully the increased gabapentin will help as well, I spoke with my gp yesterday to get the midday dose taken up to the same as the morning and evening dose.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Talk to Bupa once you know which hospital - Warrington is on their list

http://finder.bupa.co.uk/Hospital/view/52771/warrington_hospital?ql=WARRINGTON

Means you get to be on a private 'ward' but with all the facilities of big NHS hospital

Both she and the anaesthetist are on the bupa Warrington list, so I think you might be on the right track here...

 

[vickster]

I don't think it would matter on the list, as Bupa would be paying for the accommodation not the surgery (their bills are very clearly split out as to whether they are paying the hospital for accommodation/theatre staff, the surgeon, the anaesthetist etc)

I don't think surgeons operate privately in NHS hospitals but NHS hospitals have private wards

Ref the appointments can your husband or a friend go with you to help and as another pair of ears. You could ask to record the appointments too

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Got you on the NHS bupa divide in NHS hospitals. Never been private before so don't really have any idea! But I guess you have sussed that one

My husband did go with me! He is just not very medical when it comes to these things and admitted to me that most of the conversation between myself and the consultant had gone straight over his head and he hadn't really understood it. I know he is having a hard time at the moment and really struggling with what had happened and also with everything currently taking to him, like all the stuff I did on a day to day basis that he simply never noticed or had any idea about. He is working his usual hours, coming home and then having to cook, wash up, help me, shower me, walk me, sort me out and do the bits I can't do like sorting the bed out so I can go to sleep (everything I need for the day has to be on the bed otherwise I can reach it and the room isn't big enough for anything else to be in here). In the mornings he is having to get up half an hour earlier to sort out what I need for the day etc. Plus he is dealing with all the bupa contact and Dr's, getting prescriptions collected for me and on top of it is having to sleep in the sitting room to actually get any sleep because I'm not really sleeping. On the bright side he now has a rough idea on what I do all day at home without a job but I know he is very worried. He is also having to work this weekend to get his hours in.

 

[vickster]

Got you on the NHS bupa divide in NHS hospitals. Never been private before so don't really have any idea! But I guess you have sussed that one

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I've only ever had private treatment in private hospitals but your situation is rather different (never even had a pre-op check before the day of the op, just filled in a form)...5 operations in 5 years (3 hospitals, 3 surgeons!). I expect the private health companies don't much like me

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've only ever had private treatment in private hospitals but your situation is rather different (never even had a pre-op check before the day of the op, just filled in a form)...5 operations in 5 years (3 hospitals, 3 surgeons!). I expect the private health companies don't much like me

I have that many exclusions that my consultant was surprised I even got cover but luckily for me the Bronchiectasis, tracheomalacia and full adrenal insufficiency have all been diagnosed since getting the cover through my husband's work. Not that any of those would actually get covered because they are all chronic conditions that need life long monitoring but... Thankfully I've not had spinal issues before, the slight paralysis down my left side had never formally been medically diagnosed if that makes sense!

 

[ColinJ]

Males much more sense 2nd time around

No - most of us are pretty useless - stick with your husband, he sounds like a 'keeper'!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

No - most of us are pretty useless - stick with your husband, he sounds like a 'keeper'!

Great typo there, but yes he is a keeper. 18 years at Christmas... Wonder what that one is?

 

[ColinJ]

Great typo there, but yes he is a keeper. 18 years at Christmas... Wonder what that one is?

I always thought it was a strange idea to represent each one with a different name, but anyway - it is 'Porcelain'!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I always thought it was a strange idea to represent each one with a different name, but anyway - it is 'Porcelain'!

Darn it that could be problematic... Last night he broke one of our free remaining dinner plates from a service that you can no longer get. Out of the 3 remaining plates, 1 is good together and another is badly chipped. It was a 'best' that got broken and into way too many pieces for me to glue back together. They don't even turn up on eBay sadly. The Swedish equivalent of eBay has loads of them but I can imagine the shipping issues... It was something we treated ourselves to some 10 years ago when we had money... Luckily we had the sense to get 12 mugs not 6, because we are down to 8 of them now and 2 are chipped and a 3rd had the handle glued back on. I shall have to keep looking online, but it is rather unsuccessful to same the least.

 

[vickster]

Good luck for your appointments today

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Good luck for your appointments today

Thank you. Luckily we have managed to get the definition out of bupa for a single journey regarding the private ambulance (now considered to be each way) so even if the ambulance waits with us add they did last week, the entire cost is covered rather than only half which we had feared. We have had to pay for the ambulance to claim back.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Best of luck from me too. I hope it goes as well as it possibly can!

 

[summerdays]

Good Luck ... hope that it's all positive news today!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Good Luck ... hope that it's all positive news today!

Can't get any worse than this morning had been... Just accidentally spilt a glass ofnettle tea infusion over the clean bedding than was fresh on last night! There is now a large green stain at least it isn't yellow