more good news slapped with bad news!!

[neil smith]

Hi guys
I have tried not to come on here this week as I didn't know what to put and have been a bit too worried but thought i'd come on and let you know the latest kick in the teeth, anyone not familiar with the story so far please read previous posts.

Quick and easy bit:Good news Thursday mornin Aus police check came through!!!

Bad news: Thursday afternoon: Panel Doctor from medicals week before (which he sent us away saying we were both fit and healthy) called there are a few things that have shown up on my right lung, Diaphram doesn't work, bottom third of lung is paralised, above that is a dark shaddow, above that my lung branch is distorted and disfigured and above that the main nerve supplying lung looks like it's died!!!!!??????? he was surprised when I said that I was not coughing up blood!!

He advised me to go straight to my GP he had already forwarded radioligists report and xrays to him, GP explained it as much as he could and said the main worry was the obyious but not to worry until i'd seen a specialist!!!!!!!! how easy is it not to worry when you hear something like that.He told me to go private as I needed to see someone A.S.A.P

Trying to keep it short:
with help from our new friends from POM's nina (ian, nina and george) she put me in touch with a specialist in liverpool who has fit me in on the NHS and I have got an apointment for friday morning, his seceratary said he would see me and then decide if I needed to have a CT scan if so he would arrange one for me, after being so worried and upset we tried to put it to back of mind and enjoy weekend as much as we could.

Monday his seceratery phoned me, the specialist had read my report and wants me to have a CT scan sooner rather than later!!!! so I am booked in for tomorrow morning (thursday) then on to my appointment with him on friday.
We are staying positive but are getting fed up with the amount of brickwalls we keep hitting along the way, this surely has to be our last challenge to see if we really want to get to Aus!!!! Can't believe the year we have had, then again if I had not had meds it may not have been found.

Anyway I will keep you all posted, hopefully it is just something I have always had and not too serious,

[THE JONEZYS]

Well what can I say mate........................
With your attitude, you are just the sort of person that Aus needs.
Keep thinking of the positives, whatever this turns out to be.....at least it has been found and once this latest hurdle has been dealt with, you can carry on with your journey to Aus!!
Our thoughts are with you and yours.
Kep us posted on how it all goes.
Best of luck.
Lesley x

[Gollywobbler]

Hi Neil

God I am so sorry to read this.

However, a lady member of PiO had a similar scare earlier this year. She didn't reveal the exact details except that something showed up on the chest xray and she feared it could be The Unmentionable. She had a CT scan and it was not The Unmentionalble but merely a benign and harmless cyst.

I'm not a medic but I am surprised by their seemingly blind faith in just one lot of x-rays. Surely the first step would be to repeat the x-rays?

And what is this panicky Panel Doctor doing, gossiping about your medical affairs with your own GP, seemingly without your prior knowledge or consent?

The whole thing could turn out to be nothing but a storm in a teacup, started by an inept radiologist, I suspect.

I had a "Blood pressure blue fit" last week. I am on daily drugs for high BP ad as long as I take the pills every day, my BP stays completely within tolerable limits. My doctor and I were pleased with the situation until the bossy and strident Ocupational Health Nurse at the office got wind of the BP thing.

She offered to check my BP (nosy cow) and like a fool I agreed to this Special Offer. She scared me enough the first time and told me to go back to her a few days later. Gormlessly I did so. The second readng she got was worse than the first one!

I spent the whole of last week imagining that my BP was through the roof and wondering why, plus expecting to suffer a heart attack or a stroke at any minute (I am not kidding. I've witnessed somebody suffer a cardiac arrest and it was the most traumatic thing I've ever seen.)

Eventually, by then feeling right crook, I went back to the doctor, as ordered by the Office Dragon. The docs have done my BP twice since, both times it has been normal and apparently my medical notes show that my BP does not leap around all over the place.

It is now obvious that either the Office BP Widget is wrongly calibrated or that the Office Nurse is wrongly calibrated - not sure which.

I know that this is trivial in comparison to what you might - but only might - be up against. However it has been enough to convince me that one cannot necessarily trust medics simply because of their training and/or their gadgets.

Dump on your fellow PiO Members about this as much as you like. Doing that is FAR better for you than bottling this up.

Fingers crossed that all will prove to be well.

Best wishes

Gill.

[Nicki Kefford]

Gosh Neil, what a roller coaster!!!

Fingers crossed for you - keep us all posted,

Nicki

[wardy]

Gosh Neil what an awful time you have had of it, it makes our medical trauma high bp and heart scan insignificant in comparioson.

I have had to call on PIO in the last couple of days to get through a difficult time and I can assure you they have all be great and supportive so unload all you want on here, thats what we are here for.

Best wishes for your further tests and hopefully this time next year you will be sat in the aussie sunshine wondering what you were so worried about.

well wishes to you and your loved ones

kaye x

[The Cutches]

Good luck for your scan today and your appointment tomorrow. Hope everything works out for you and that this is just a small blip in your Ozy venture!

Best Wishes

[The Wottons]

Good luck with your appointments today and tomorrow, I am sure it will all be OK. Keep your chin up and stay positive.

All the best

Joanie

[Emmylou23]

Good luck with all your tests and appointments!

[Helaine]

good luck today and be strong......

[afiyafifi]

Good luck for today and tomorrow .stay strong take care .... karen