Hi guys, going into hospital, oh no !!!!

[ruffdog]

Hi guys,
Been a while, 

I had cubital tunnel surgery on the 18th may and unfortunately about 11 days ago the wound started to get infected, now it's really bad and yesterday I managed to drive 200 miles to hospital post operation appointment to be told to come back Thursday to be operated on and put on IV drip antibiotics possibly for the whole weekend.

What am I gonna do.
I feel awful, my arms hanging off, swollen to hell, they apparently can't do this clean wound and iv at my local hospital in Oban wtf.

I'm considering just going to local A&E anyway, might be admitted? When I saw my GP on Friday he said if I'd just gone to a&e they would have put me on a drip! But I got tablets instead.

Worst yet is RAH PAISLEY has total no smoking policy including ecigs .??????

Sorry guys, had to talk to someone.

Ruffie

Pre infection, healing nicely. And yesterday's pic. !! 

[Deleted]

Mucho sympathy mate .. that looks well sore. My option would be A&E pronto.

[gill2009]

  Hi ruffdog...haven't seen you for ages 

  If it is causing so much pain etc...just take yourself to A&E...I hope you find relief soon 

[Bob]

What he & she said

[faren]

Used to live up that way myself (lyth). It's a beautiful part of the world but seriously lacking in terms of public services. Where I lived there was literally an entire village consisting of about 10 houses spread across many miles.

Hope you get better soon. I would go to an A & E myself.

[ruffdog]

Thanks guys, yeah the top photo is my bandage now. One underneath is when it was all healing well !!! You can see it was a little red then but it was fine. Now my arms bigger than when I came out from the op in may. Ok, think dinner first ???? then a&e just incase they admit me ! I don't think I could drive down tomorrow again. We'll see what a&e say this eve. T

[Chrissie]

ruffdog

A&E ASAP IMHO xxx

[SteveF]

After making a 60 mile round trip between A&E departments to get seen by a maxillary facial surgeon only to return to the first hospital to be operated on by the same surgeon ... why am I not surprised.

I'd stay and visit their A&E anything like ours and you could almost guarantee a chair to sleep in for the first 6 hours.

feel for you, i know how frustrating it can be.

[ruffdog]

Back from a&e and the lovely nurse and doctor have re bandaged me up as everything was "leaking" for want of a better word. Nothing cleaned out though so all swollen still of course, yuk so gross thinking about it. Sorry. TMI.

So I'm still on for driving down to Paisley tomorrow and having a complete wash/clean out operation on Friday. Not to expect to be out until Monday.

Dunno what I'm going to do about vaping, no time to purchase anything. I got nothing USB rechargeable, no tanks ready and nothing predominantly pg based. Ahhhhhh any suggestions?

Ruffie
Ps, don't wanna really have patches, I only drip, diy custard 7mg 70/30 vg.pg juice, single coil at 15w most the time. Old skool 😁

[Perpetua]

Jun 23, 2016 0:16:52 GMT ruffdog said:

Dunno what I'm going to do about vaping, no time to purchase anything. I got nothing USB rechargeable, no tanks ready and nothing predominantly pg based. Ahhhhhh any suggestions?

Given your situation ruffdog, I'd be stopping at a petrol station en route and buying a couple of the set ups most garages seem to sell now to use . . . . expensive temporary solution I don't doubt and not to your normal tastes - but needs must sometimes!

If they serve a purpose then that's all that would matter to me anyway.

Good luck.

[Deleted]

I know you said you don't fancy nrt patches but I found the 4mg nrt lozenges from asda did the trick for me during 3 hour OU exams ... good luck with your hospital procedure.

[striker42]

Sorry to hear your having a large slice of bad luck after your initial op ruffdog. Wish there was something I could do to help. I'm only about twenty five minutes in the car from RAH Paisley. Your biggest problem will be the I V drip which will probably mean you can't get out the hospital for a good old toot. The pain must be bad enough without the added shite of having to drive from Oban to Glasgow and back ................twice. I'll be in Paisley on Saturday ( or as near as damn it) as have to pick my daughters up at Glasgow airport. If I can be of any assistance or you need anything at all, let me know. Better luck this time round anyway.

[ruffdog]

Jun 23, 2016 8:46:01 GMT striker42 said:

Sorry to hear your having a large slice of bad luck after your initial op ruffdog . Wish there was something I could do to help. I'm only about twenty five minutes in the car from RAH Paisley. Your biggest problem will be the I V drip which will probably mean you can't get out the hospital for a good old toot. The pain must be bad enough without the added shite of having to drive from Oban to Glasgow and back ................twice. I'll be in Paisley on Saturday ( or as near as damn it) as have to pick my daughters up at Glasgow airport. If I can be of any assistance or you need anything at all, let me know. Better luck this time round anyway.

Awwww thanks mate, I've just posted a kind of "wanted" add if anyone's close by with a spare bit of kit.

That's awfully kind of you though striker42 hopefully I'll have internet on my tablet (if they let me charge it) so I'll keep in touch.

If not I'll be in ward 23 I think. Toby Burnett.. if you fancy popping in to see a sickie going DooDah pmsfl



Ruffie

[striker42]

Keep in touch ruffdog. If you still need a bit of kit come Saturday let me know. I've enough spare to tide a deserving member through a crisis. If your at a loose end through the night drop me a message, I work constant nightshift and pop on often through the night at the most ungodly hours. Let me know for sure visiting times and what ward you're in if poss and I'll see what I can do.

[gill2009]

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