My operation will now be on the 5th July. A bit of a wait …
Taking it easy is getting very boring, but I have to be careful to avoid getting angina, which can be very unpleasant.
Got to Derriford, they started to deal with me, then the surgeon came to tell me they couldn’t do the op.
Intensive care was full because some people hadn’t recovered as quickly as expected and they had had to cancel … Read more ...
This morning. Dealt with by the nurse who will take the veins from my legs for the grafts.
Quite by chance it emerged that her father was in the army, she was born at BMH Rinteln (our children went to … Read more ...
Came home yesterday afternoon.
Had increasing chest pain Tuesday evening so called the ambulance. They kept me in overnight as a precaution. Turned out only to be angina, rather than a heart attack, but it was persistent, only responding temporarily … Read more ...
Angina became recurrent and very unpleasant. Hopefully they have found a way of stabilising it and I hope to be home again in a day or two.
Am being very well looked after.
I overdid it yesterday – had visitors. Not feeling good today, but now gradually improving.
Been looking up stats about “my” surgeon. Looks as if he does about 200 ops per year and has an overall survival rate of about 98%
There is a lot of info on the Care Quality Commission site, and a … Read more ...
Saw the surgeon yesterday (Mr Dalrymple-Hay) who said he could do something to improve my condition. This was in contrast to the chap who did the angiogram about a month ago, who seemed more pessimistic.
My coronary arteries have multiple … Read more ...
