Originally posted by JasonPalmer
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I was in A & E from 6am to 5pm!Don’t cry for me
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On my first visit to A&E earlier in November, sent straight there by the consultant after my second-ever private consult (driven there by a neighbour I hardly knew, but who visited me every day in hospital, brought my stuff in and became my cat sitter...) we arrived at about 1800. The Voice kept saying "10 Hours Waiting Time....".
I was taken through to observation inside an hour. Writhing in pain in the wheelchair or on the floor, saying, "I've got to lie down...!" might have had something to do with it, but I wonder what the consultant's letter said....
But I'll never forget the relief when I was finally laid on the trolley.... nil-by-mouth, hooked up to drips (saline, potassium, glucose, multinutrients...), blood-tested every other hour...... suddenly I had all the attention I'd lacked for so, so painfully long. I couldn't stop crying.
Over the span of a week up on the ward, I began to learn to eat again. This is still difficult but I keep going, knowing the dangers of malnutrition, dehydration and kidney damage (thankfully restored) if I don't....
The root causes of la nausée (after almost any food or drink intake) remain mysterious; probably a bad reaction to yet another antibiotic (I really don't get on with them) along with the longterm atrial fibrillation.....there's a neurological aspect to this as well (TBC).... so it is about management rather than cure (I sometimes struggle with the concept of incurability....).
Ondansetron has been helpful, but like so many drugs it seems to be less effective over time.Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 29-12-22, 16:39.Comment
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Hope everything turns out alright for you, JLW!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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I thought you should know that BBMmk2, Tim, is not at all well at the moment and won't be able to post here as usual. I'm sure he'll be pleased to have all your good wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Yes, get well soon, TimOriginally posted by PJPJ View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Sorry to hear of BBM's travails. He faces his health issues with humour and fortitude and I hope for a speedy recovery.Originally posted by PJPJ View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Yes, best wishes BBM.Comment
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And from me, BBM.Comment
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And from me to BBM.Comment
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My very best wishes to you, BBM.Comment
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Yes indeed,couldn’t have put it better.Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
Best wishes BBM.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Yes, all strength to your elbow TimOriginally posted by Petrushka View Post
Very best wishes and get better soon!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Dearest best and warmest wishes to one of the friendliest, most enthusiastic and most knowledgeable musicians and musiclovers on the forum!Originally posted by PJPJ View Post
All those wonderfully inspiring lists and programs on the Listening Thread!
Godspeed your recovery, Inshallah, Tim...Comment
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Best wishes from me too, BBM/Tim.
Hope you're still able to enjoy listening, even if you're not posting to tell us what to.Comment
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