Comments | natsuko1978: ... On a Cold and Frosty Morning

natsuko1978

... On a Cold and Frosty Morning

Oct 15, 2015 01:51

I have two more appointments at St Thomas's Hospital, Westminster, London. On 22nd October and 2nd November - for diagnostic procedures, not treatment. (The first appt was on 2nd October - what is it with my new consultant and the number 2 ( Read more... )

real life: disability, real life: health - scans, real life: chronic pain

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moonlightmead October 15 2015, 06:14:56 UTC

Fuck, that doesn't sound like a month of jollies. And the 22nd is only a week away. I shall be thinking of you. I have to say, the last few months have taught me a few things, and one of them is that in your shoes, I would be a wreck. I think of you very often.

natsuko1978 October 16 2015, 02:36:39 UTC

I think of you all the time, too. ::HUGS::

and one of them is that in your shoes, I would be a wreck.The thing is, you don't know what can you handle until you have to do it. And I've had eleven years (and change) of living with this ( ... )

snailbones October 15 2015, 11:25:04 UTC

Oh bugger, that sounds awful. I'm so sorry you're having to go through this, and yeah, November is such a damp and gloomy month, it doesn't help at all.

Sending you hugs and positive-outcome thoughts.

natsuko1978 October 16 2015, 02:42:58 UTC

Thank you!

msmoat October 15 2015, 13:01:18 UTC

Argh, I'm sorry! There's no way this isn't going to be horrible, I know. I don't understand why...well, perhaps best not to go there. If there is any chance of reading while you travel, and endure, then I'd say load up on Tony/Bruce, and maybe Pros BBs. I'll be thinking of you, and hoping that maybe, this time, knowledge has advanced enough to actually help you. *Hugs*

natsuko1978 October 16 2015, 02:57:48 UTC

I don't understand why...well, perhaps best not to go there.It's a pay-off thing. Thanks to the NHS all of this,from the scans to the hospital rooms to my meds are *free* to me. No arguing with my insurance provider about cost or necessity or contributions. And when I think about it, there are a *lot* of costs. Every time I have steroid injections, that's a portable x-ray machine, an operating theatre, a Consultant (ie senior doctor), a radiographer and at least three nurses, plus the images, the drugs and the contrast with which they inject me. I shudder to think of the costs of a full-spine MRI under the US system ( ... )

theemdash October 15 2015, 13:50:47 UTC

Ugh. I will cross my fingers for you that it will be as good as possible.

Do you want me to mark you as excused for the GYWO October check-in since it's in between those appointment dates?

natsuko1978 October 16 2015, 03:18:18 UTC

Thank you, Em ( ... )

splix October 15 2015, 14:07:34 UTC

I'm so sorry. Thinking good thoughts for you.

natsuko1978 October 16 2015, 03:20:29 UTC

Thank you, babe. And right back at you. ::HUGS::