That's scary stuff Tim, but glad to hear things are going well. And well done to you for acting on it. Too many men would be a bit like. 'Well let's see what happens' type of thing.
Well that was a crap day!
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What is scary Andrew is that the mildness of the symptoms didn’t match the severity of the illness. I truly didn’t think I had anything serious until the Saturday night. I’d been living with the slight breathlessness and dizziness for a week by then…..won’t make that mistake again…..
I was one of them Colin. Didn’t think it was particularly serious. Just thought I’d bring it up at my GP annual review on Monday, until the leg pain forced my hand…
As an aside, I’d recommend anyone to buy a pulse oximeter from Amazon or such. They are pretty cheap. I ordered one after the walking problem Saturday, and it was at home after I’d been to the GP Sunday. It showed I had these pulmonary vascular issues straight away. if I’d had that at the start of the week I would have caught it much sooner.
We bought an oxygen reader thingy which you put your finger in to show O2 percentage. We also bought a blood pressure measurer and a digital thermometer. We bought them at the start of the Covid epidemic. We find their readings can be reassuring.
Yep, the finger thingy is a pulse oximeter Jim. Very useful device :thumb2:
If the pulse number is higher than your oxygen number when you are at rest you have an issue……
Got the others as well, mostly to check for potential infection now I am immunity compromised……
Just catching up Tim hope your feeling better have in there
Feeling better Lee, but I think this one is a real long haul job……minimal activity and not left alone in the house for the next two weeks, for example….
Cheers Paul. As my two cousins (both nurses) and my wife (also a nurse) always tell me, we’re not heroes, just people doing our jobs to the best of our ability. Does seem like lions led by Donkeys though doesn’t it :thumb2:
I'm late, as almost always, in joining the rabble and scrolling your thread I turned from the initially worried status reading about your problem to the relieved one when I learnt it had been correctly and swiftly diagnosed, that you are now under treatment and that your morale is high.
I kept my compression stockings as a souvenir from my little nose surgery I had more than 1 year ago: I still remember the fierce struggle I had trying to wear them, but that was very useful in distracting my mind from the incoming surgery.
My best wishes for a swift recovery and, if I may give you an advice, be aware of blades while on blood thinners as bleeding would be very difficult to stop.
Andrea
I kept my compression stockings as a souvenir from my little nose surgery I had more than 1 year ago: I still remember the fierce struggle I had trying to wear them, but that was very useful in distracting my mind from the incoming surgery.
My best wishes for a swift recovery and, if I may give you an advice, be aware of blades while on blood thinners as bleeding would be very difficult to stop.
Andrea
Cheers Andy. Your not as late as I nearly was :tongue-out3: I know about blood thinners and cuts…..I have a lot of blood tests taken because of my RA regular testing, and the leakage on Monday when they took the cannula out was quite impressive, much more than usual…..
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