Health and ailments thread 2

[Stell]

I had the last of my vaccines, for this year, yesterday. The nurse, jokingly, told me that I was all jabbed up and ready for the winter.

Unfortunately, my dad continues to go downhill. Yesterday, after he'd gone to bed, he came down saying there was someone in the bedroom and he'd punched the person. Of course, there was nobody there. He, recently, had another 'episode' as he'd woken up in his chair and had started talking to an invisible person.

[patmoren]

Do the Doctors think he might have dementia? It sounds very much like it.

[Stell]

He was diagnosed as having dementia a few years ago, but more recently, the doctor believed it had progressed to Alzheimers.

[Stell]

I had my blood test, this morning, and a hospital nurse phoned me this afternoon saying there was nothing wrong with it. So, my bone injection will be going ahead on Friday. She then told me, they'll try and get me in for a CT scan before Christmas and I would have to go to the hospital on 24th January for the result.

[Stell]

I've got a scan appointment for the 14th of next month.

My dad saw his doctor, yesterday, for his recent test results. She told him, there was nothing wrong with his blood test result but they'd found a dark shadow in his left lung. Unfortunately, the x-ray department at the hospital hadn't gone into detail about what they thought it might be. So, she gave him antibiotics. She then told him, there might be something wrong with his heart but she wasn't worried about it and would be writing to the hospital's cardiologist about it. She also told him to go back in two weeks time and, if his cough is no better, she'll be writing to someone at the hospital to find out what they think the shadow might be.

[Stell]

My dad saw his doctor, yesterday. She listened to his chest and did his blood pressure. Though his cough is a lot better, she told him, she could still hear a noise in his left lung. So, she would be writing to the respiratory team at the hospital to get him an appointment to see them. He'll have a camera put down his throat to find out what is going on in his left lung as she wanted to rule out lung cancer, though he's never smoked. She believed whatever is there, might be causing him to cough.

[Stell]

I had a letter from a nurse at the hospital, earlier, saying it's good news. The scan, which I had last Thursday, showed the cancer is still stable. So, the treatment will continue until the next scan.

[Stell]

I've just had my last blood test for this year. The hospital nurse will only phone me if my oncologist doesn't like the result.

[Stell]

A hospital nurse phoned me, earlier, to say my neutrals count was too low for my oncologist's liking. So, I've got to have an emergency blood test first thing tomorrow morning. If she still doesn't like the result, then I'll have to have another blood test in the new year.

[Stell]

As usual, the nurse didn't phone back. So, I went to the Cherrybrook department and had my bone injection.