Interesting::::::My post is a new post!

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Mon May 23, 2005 4:29 pm

Well, I'll tell you the story. It's a long and scary story. Come at night(just joking). okay:
I was posting a reply to a forum. When I clicked Submit, while it was still loading the next page, I clicked a nifty e-mail button that brings me straight to my e-mail(MSN Explorer) I deleted the mail that said that that topic was replied to, and then went back here, and it had my topic that I just replied to red, as a new post was there, and there was, it was from me. Just interesing. Has anybody else discoverd this?

Sorry if this was very long and useless blabbing! I know, I can't read forums that have long paragraphs sometimes. Maybe I'm just too excited to see if someone has already posted what I'm about to post!

Post by **PaulH** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:59 pm

There's a great medication called Valium you know.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:15 pm

Not to hijack the thread in OT-ness, as that is unlike me, but how'd your thing go today Paul?

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:59 pm

No, really, it's interesting. I'm not sure if it works in original Internet Explorer though.

Post by **PaulH** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:14 pm

Useless doctor! Armed with a barrage of wrong facts, he contradicted himself that many times I nearly got up and left. I knew it was gonna be a bad day when, after a 50 min wait, I got to the consultation room and the fire alarm went off! Had to evacuate an 18 story building!

Anyway he said he is 'pretty certain' that I do not have an adrenal tumour because of one negative blood test which is about 70% sensitive. He denied the CT scan of the adrenal that shows a lump in it even exisited, said the the two diagnostic radionuclear tests I have had (99.9% accuracy) are both false positive, the mass in the region is an accessory spleen, the high levels of adrenaline found were a fluke and the high BP and sypmtoms are an unknown 'mystery'. But he'll 'keep an open mind' and I have to report back in two months. He offered no course of action, more like 'live with it'. I waited 6 months for this appointment after 3 years of testing and two cancelled ops! So my doctor says Ye, consultant says Ye, this newbloke who has the last say says Nay and the surgeon changes his mind twice a year. 3 furkin years!!! And its back on the merry-go-round.

Whinge moan, the NHS in some departments is a joke. I am going private.

Right, where's me beer?!

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:17 pm

Oh my... I am terribly sorry for you Paul... That's really disgusting.

And I suppose there is nothing you can do about it?

Post by **PaulH** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:21 pm

In most other countries the scan alone would suffice for removal of the adrenal, as this disease is pretty evil and needs to be stopped. Why it should be different here I do not know. I shall have to pay and go private. And here's the crux of it: it'll be the same bloody surgeon who probably does it!!! Wave 8000 pounds in front of their noses and suddenly the diagnosis changes. Gits. My Dad has contacted the press.

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:22 pm

Good move. I hope it will change something.

Post by **PaulH** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:28 pm

It is a difficult thing to diagnose sometimes, but the evidence is their! This bloke is just ignorant and under-educated. It is a pity.

Post by **Gambit37** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:28 pm

Bloody hell, that's terirble. I read your post and actually thought you were making up some surreal nonsense to poke fun at the NHS. With shock I re-read and realised you were being serious. This country really does suck when it comes to so called 'health-care for all'.

I sincerely hope that you get a positive resolution Paul. Getting The Sun involved can only help.

Post by **Zyx** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:29 pm

I heard it is a delicate operation. Maybe they don't want to engage themselves into such a commitment?

Post by **PaulH** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:30 pm

thanks for the support! I am determined to get it sorted, not just form my own sake but the thousands of others who are trapped in the system.

Post by **PaulH** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:33 pm

The operation, in skilled hands, is a fairly straightforward affair usually comprising of the keyhole technique and takes less than an hour. The main problem is the anaesthetic as it can be dangerous to people with high circulating adrenaline levels. But high adrenaline levels are dangerous anyway (massive blood pressure surges!) and there is a 1 in 3 chance any tumour could be malignant. A successful op is usually a total cure.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:47 pm

Holy crap!

Surely you can ask for a second opinion or soemthing, especially with the evidence you have. I agree, the papers are best as it will nto only get pressure from public and a bad press (literally) but will also get more knowledgeable people informed who could step in and make the case...

Be very loud, very persistent, and I have no doubt we'll see your face on the news before long and hear about your successful op a short while after that.

Damn the man and sorry you are stuck in limbo for the moment : (

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Tue May 24, 2005 3:25 am

Geez, one thing leads to another...I start talking about an interesting thing, and I think it only works with this bowser(MSN), then it goes into medicine, so get back to the hospital, and figure it out. I DON'T NEED MEDICATION, YOU DO!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:40 am

Embrace the off topic-ness of the forum...it's fun and confusing : )

Florent · Post by **Florent** » Tue May 24, 2005 12:18 pm

Geez, I always heard about the NHS being so bad, and that we should feel lucky over in France thanks to our wondeful "Social Security" (that the government is working hard on bringing down). But I just can't believe your story Paul. Contacting the press is probably a good thing to do, I hope it pays up. Respect to you and your dad for doing it because lots of people would probably just have lived (and maybe died) with it as that idiot doctor suggested...
France is just a few steps behind in total disregard for patients...

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:24 pm

yeah, I heard a lot about public healthcare in Britain from my aunt who lives in London. She had great problems with a spine (she was taking thousands of strong anti-pain pills daily), and they didn`t want to agree for an operation. Otherwise, in private clinique it would cost 30000 or 40000 pounds, as far as I remember, so she went to Poland and had the same thing in private clinique here for funny costs (maybe 10 % of that sum).

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:17 pm

Nobody has answered to my question about needing medication(sorry for being annoying!)

Post by **PaulH** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:36 pm

Who, me?

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:40 pm

I forget who said that, I think it was you, but that was just a joke(I needed something to show where I left off reading!)

Post by **PaulH** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:44 pm

Yes, silly me.

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:45 pm

Where is it that you store this medication anyway?

Post by **PaulH** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:48 pm

In my kitchen cupboard

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:58 pm

Just sitting there? Not in a container?

Post by **Ameena** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:02 pm

Well you know, the giant snails can't unscrew the lid of a bottle very well, only stick to things, so how are they meant to get the medication out of something when they're not feeling well? It's a good idea to leave your medication out in an obvious place and not in a container or anything, so anyone who happens past and isn't feeling very well can just help themselves. Of course, you have to make sure they don't scoff the lot and leave you none!

Post by **PaulH** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:26 pm

No ADDF, I keep them in the box of cornflakes.

Yeah, gotta be careful of those snail pellets...

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:01 pm

Isn't that snail beowuuf? Or did I misunderstand and it's me? Or is it my computer?

Post by **PaulH** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:04 pm

Nobody really cares...

ADDF_Toxic · Post by **ADDF_Toxic** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:06 pm

Yes I care about cornflake tasted medication! Oh, the snail is...