shakey jake
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Cutting the hedge on sat a twig slapped my fore head. Girlfriend made me stop for a photo, thorn stuck in my forehead. Nosign of infection yet
Bloody Blackthorn, but brilliant nurse
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CookM
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shakey jake
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She took a photo before removing it, not sure if i should be flattered
You're lucky, wife went to surgery last Tues terrible pain in her facial bones. Receptionist said " A doctor will ring you on 7th March to discuss it."
NHS GP's absolute waste of time here.
CookM
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Mine very good looking after me,but missed my wife's bladder cancer as a water infection.
For two years.
An older practice nurse sent her for a scan as she was worried and tumour found straight away.
The nurse saved her life that day but she had terrible reconstructive surgery and a stoma.
Not related to thread,but it could have been caught earlier.
Not prevented.
I got a good spike from a blackthonr on Halloween right on the knuckle of my index finger
swelled up like a golf ball
i poked around a bit and used magnesium paste etc
it settled down a bit but there was still a problem 2 weeks later so i went to minor injuries clinic wanting someone to have a good old rummage about and find the culprit
turns out no one would because that's where the nervex to your fingers run and no one wanted to poke about
they booked a hand clinic appointment in May (from October remeber)
fat lot of good that would do if it was a problem for 6 months I'd have cut my finger off by then
(my wonderful wife stepped in with an hour of torture with a needle and some saline wash and it settled down soon after
swelled up like a golf ball
i poked around a bit and used magnesium paste etc
it settled down a bit but there was still a problem 2 weeks later so i went to minor injuries clinic wanting someone to have a good old rummage about and find the culprit
turns out no one would because that's where the nervex to your fingers run and no one wanted to poke about
they booked a hand clinic appointment in May (from October remeber)
fat lot of good that would do if it was a problem for 6 months I'd have cut my finger off by then
(my wonderful wife stepped in with an hour of torture with a needle and some saline wash and it settled down soon after
Same for my wife but womb cancer, luckily no reconstruction or stoma. Must admit they moved sharpish then. Unfortunately some came back
but with five weeks,five days a week radiotherapy a year ago, so far so good. I bless that nurse (who Iives in our village) every day.
I have completed works and commissioning on a few telecoms towers over the years where the farmers specifically forbade any blackthorn in the hedge planting mix - a lot hate it. Where I live it's the traditional hedging plant and its a bugger - that's why I was so hacked off to get stuck when I did - I'm usually more careful and hang on fences and trees where possible - or gralloch on the ground. The field was heavy plough and I didn't fancy getting the hides any wetter given the langth of the extraction over said plough and every rut was ankle deep in mucky water, further exacerbated by me being in a rush for a meeting later in the morning.
My Mrs had terrible back pain for years, written off by the GP as getting older. Only when a new and way more energetic GP arrived did the Mrs go for a scan and a benign tumour (Ganglioma) was found in her lower spine that had pressed on her spinal cord and was growing which restricted the cord further and further. After the diagnosis the treatment was fast and very effective - spinal surgery and regular check ups ever since. I understand she was one jolt or sneeze from being paraplegic, such was the pressure.
When she had breast cancer it was found on routine scan and smaller than a grain of rice - again she was admitted, operated on and placed on chemo very fast indeed and no mastectomy needed.
Thankfully all now clear, both back and breast, and in good health so I say again - Gawd Bless the NHS - there are many countries where it would have cost us the house and all our savings to get her treated.
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