So i suppose i should at least try to update!
I went to the second hospital eventually to be told it was definitely shingles, the nice doctor having purposefully burst some of the sores on my head so he cound take a swab...nice
They then gave me a prescription for shingles medication which they told me to collect but not to take until they had phoned as they werent sure i could have it being pregnant....
They eventually confirmed i could take them later on that night which was a relief, immediatley replaced by the worry that i had been given an appointment to go to yet another hospital the following day to see an eye specialist as it was near my eye and can apparently cause blindness....great!
It all turned out fine, i did have just the one sore on my eyelid but it never made it into my eyes and there was never any danger of me losing my eyesight at all, or at least thats what they told us!
3 days in 3 hopsitals and 3 weeks off work and here i am back at work and back to normal!
Well unless you count the fact that Pug has a new trick if putting limbs between ribs and/or putting pressure on my back so am thoroughly uncomfortable but not poorly!
Just to clarify for Stacie, Joshua is not my baby but a friends and yeah you saw the timeline correctly....8 weeks to go....
Showing posts with label Doctors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doctors. Show all posts
Monday, 8 September 2008
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Poorly Sick!
It seems sailing through a pregnancy is not allowed and if the pregnancy cant get ya then something else will!
Since last Thursday i have been getting really bad headaches, when we went to see the midwife on Friday morning we mentioned it, she told us i could have co-codamol instead of paracetamol but to keep an eye on it over the weekend.
Saturday i get a rash, Sunday the rash is slightly worse and i'm feeling sick...
Monday morning we have to go to the hospital for the diabetes test where we bump into my midwife who takes one look at me and arranges for me to see a doctor.
So three hours later when the diabetes test is over we head up to the third floor to see the doctor, blood pressure is checked, urine sample is checked, i'm put on a monitor for baby and babys heartbeat is good and strong and baby is kicking away.
The doctor then says she only deals with "pregnancy and women's bits" and doesnt feel qualified to discuss the headaches or the rash and so will get another doctor to come and see us.
Some time later another doctor comes to see us, looks at the rash and says he is going to speak to someone in dermatology.
He comes back and tells us he is actually a cardiologist (WTF) and as such doesnt really know a huge amount about rashes but he can tell us it isnt menengitis or chicken pox.....well we could probably have told you that!
He gives us a prescription for some painkillers and tells us we should go and see our own GP!
We go to the hospital pharmacy where the pharmacist comes out with a medical dictionary, tells us the drug we have been prescribed isnt commonly used in this country but is used in Germany quite a lot without any side effects to pregnant women. She then asked us if we still wanted it!
I dont know about you but i dont go to a doctor so i can be the one to decide what i am prescribed, isnt that why they do the study and get the salary....
Anyhoo we then manage to get an appointment with our GP, the new one remember??
We had been in her office less than five minutes when she said "looks like shingles to me"
I've been back to see her this morning and she has referred me to another hospital, i am waiting to find out when my appointment is this afternoon to get the diagnosis confirmed.
I have been signed off for a week and told i will probably be off next week as well.
And where am i lucky enough to have this rash you ask??
Lucky old me, it's on my face....
Since last Thursday i have been getting really bad headaches, when we went to see the midwife on Friday morning we mentioned it, she told us i could have co-codamol instead of paracetamol but to keep an eye on it over the weekend.
Saturday i get a rash, Sunday the rash is slightly worse and i'm feeling sick...
Monday morning we have to go to the hospital for the diabetes test where we bump into my midwife who takes one look at me and arranges for me to see a doctor.
So three hours later when the diabetes test is over we head up to the third floor to see the doctor, blood pressure is checked, urine sample is checked, i'm put on a monitor for baby and babys heartbeat is good and strong and baby is kicking away.
The doctor then says she only deals with "pregnancy and women's bits" and doesnt feel qualified to discuss the headaches or the rash and so will get another doctor to come and see us.
Some time later another doctor comes to see us, looks at the rash and says he is going to speak to someone in dermatology.
He comes back and tells us he is actually a cardiologist (WTF) and as such doesnt really know a huge amount about rashes but he can tell us it isnt menengitis or chicken pox.....well we could probably have told you that!
He gives us a prescription for some painkillers and tells us we should go and see our own GP!
We go to the hospital pharmacy where the pharmacist comes out with a medical dictionary, tells us the drug we have been prescribed isnt commonly used in this country but is used in Germany quite a lot without any side effects to pregnant women. She then asked us if we still wanted it!
I dont know about you but i dont go to a doctor so i can be the one to decide what i am prescribed, isnt that why they do the study and get the salary....
Anyhoo we then manage to get an appointment with our GP, the new one remember??
We had been in her office less than five minutes when she said "looks like shingles to me"
I've been back to see her this morning and she has referred me to another hospital, i am waiting to find out when my appointment is this afternoon to get the diagnosis confirmed.
I have been signed off for a week and told i will probably be off next week as well.
And where am i lucky enough to have this rash you ask??
Lucky old me, it's on my face....
Friday, 8 August 2008
See i am still here!
So we went to see Jeremy Kyle last Friday afternoon and it was hilarious.
The first people we saw on the stage were a couple in their 30's and a young girl of 18 who was the wife's "best friend".
The husband had admitted to sleeping with 18 women behind his wifes back and the wife had admitted to sleeping with 3 men!
The night before the show they both confessed to one more each making it 19 and 4!
The husband wanted a paternity test for their youngest child since her confession, he wanted his wife to take a lie detector test to ensure he now knew everything and he was taking a lie detector test to prove....
are you ready for this....
that he had slept with his wife's best friend as he had confessed but the friend was denying it! and yeah i mean the 18yr old lol
Well the tests came back, the child WAS his, his wife WAS telling the truth and while taking his own lie detector test he changed his story and admitted to OVER 30 WOMEN!
This included the best friend who still denied it but hadnt taken a test.....whatever....
We were there for around 4 hours as they were behind with filming, the crew made everyone aware that they knew the show was regarded as a bit cheesy but politely asked us not to laugh if somone was breaking their heart on stage, there were other stories but nothing else as entertaining!
In other news my FIL who had an operation on his throat last year has just started to consume small amounts of liquids again after over a year of feeding himself through a peg in his stomach.
2 days ago he had his first cup of coffee!! YAY!
I'm so chuffed for him, when my SIL has her baby in September i will be able to pour him a glass of champagne :0)
We have now changed doctors and i have met her once, she seems very nice so hopefully it will be plain sailing in that area now, ill keep you posted!
As for baby im lucky enough to be continuing to have very few symptoms that people complain about during pregnancy. With only 12 weeks to go my only real complaint is the amount of heartburn i am getting.
Gaviscon is my new best friend!
Have to say though if thats all i have to complain about i better shut up before a horde of pregnant women who havent had an easy time hunt me down!
Oooh and after today only 9 weeks left at work, thats 45 work days guys and believe me i'm counting!
The first people we saw on the stage were a couple in their 30's and a young girl of 18 who was the wife's "best friend".
The husband had admitted to sleeping with 18 women behind his wifes back and the wife had admitted to sleeping with 3 men!
The night before the show they both confessed to one more each making it 19 and 4!
The husband wanted a paternity test for their youngest child since her confession, he wanted his wife to take a lie detector test to ensure he now knew everything and he was taking a lie detector test to prove....
are you ready for this....
that he had slept with his wife's best friend as he had confessed but the friend was denying it! and yeah i mean the 18yr old lol
Well the tests came back, the child WAS his, his wife WAS telling the truth and while taking his own lie detector test he changed his story and admitted to OVER 30 WOMEN!
This included the best friend who still denied it but hadnt taken a test.....whatever....
We were there for around 4 hours as they were behind with filming, the crew made everyone aware that they knew the show was regarded as a bit cheesy but politely asked us not to laugh if somone was breaking their heart on stage, there were other stories but nothing else as entertaining!
In other news my FIL who had an operation on his throat last year has just started to consume small amounts of liquids again after over a year of feeding himself through a peg in his stomach.
2 days ago he had his first cup of coffee!! YAY!
I'm so chuffed for him, when my SIL has her baby in September i will be able to pour him a glass of champagne :0)
We have now changed doctors and i have met her once, she seems very nice so hopefully it will be plain sailing in that area now, ill keep you posted!
As for baby im lucky enough to be continuing to have very few symptoms that people complain about during pregnancy. With only 12 weeks to go my only real complaint is the amount of heartburn i am getting.
Gaviscon is my new best friend!
Have to say though if thats all i have to complain about i better shut up before a horde of pregnant women who havent had an easy time hunt me down!
Oooh and after today only 9 weeks left at work, thats 45 work days guys and believe me i'm counting!
Monday, 14 July 2008
Nothing much to report...
I've been a bad blogger, neither posting nor commenting.
I have no reason other than i couldnt be bothered, you know how it is sometimes.
We will hopefully have sorted out the doctor nightmare by the end of the day although its a little potluck so who knows.
My old doctor was prepared to take us back but only while i am pregnant which seems pointless for the sake of 4 months and then having to change anyway.
We are going to register with a surgery near home after work tonight and will just have to hope they are competant......
The nursery is finished :0) I will post photo's in the next couple of days, we are both thrilled with the way it turned out.
Chris has treated himself to a ps3 and discovered online gaming so to keep me happy a new TV was purchased for the bedroom and the ps2 installed in there too, we have both been getting in a few playstation hours over the weekend
Other than that not much going on, we are spending our time organising/decorating the house, the cellar seems to be the next project and visiting family, nothing of any notable interest....
I have no reason other than i couldnt be bothered, you know how it is sometimes.
We will hopefully have sorted out the doctor nightmare by the end of the day although its a little potluck so who knows.
My old doctor was prepared to take us back but only while i am pregnant which seems pointless for the sake of 4 months and then having to change anyway.
We are going to register with a surgery near home after work tonight and will just have to hope they are competant......
The nursery is finished :0) I will post photo's in the next couple of days, we are both thrilled with the way it turned out.
Chris has treated himself to a ps3 and discovered online gaming so to keep me happy a new TV was purchased for the bedroom and the ps2 installed in there too, we have both been getting in a few playstation hours over the weekend
Other than that not much going on, we are spending our time organising/decorating the house, the cellar seems to be the next project and visiting family, nothing of any notable interest....
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Back track and update
Previous to the episode with the doctor, back when i first discovered i was pregnant i tried to return to my old doctors practise as i was happier there but had changed when Chris moved in, the logic being we knew we were going to have children and it made sense to us for the whole family to be with the same doctor.
I spoke to the practise manager at my old doctors but they told me i couldnt go back as i now lived out of the area, i explained that the doctor had let me register there before knowing i was out of the area as he had been my doctor since i was young but they still wouldnt hear of it.
So after this episode with my new doctor, my mum who is still with my old doctor has made an appointment to go next week and will discuss it in person with the doctor to see if we can come to some sort of arrangement where Chris and i can both register there.
Their argument was that should i need anyone to come out to me i was out of their area, my response is that the emergency doctors clinic is on my street and i am very close to the hospital so should anything happen i am unlikely to call them out anyway!
I'll keep you posted!
Lynsey pointed out that i havent really blogged much about being pregnant, well am sure that will change in the next few weeks as the only reason i havent is nothing has been happening!
I have had no morning sickness or anything like that, i was very tired at the beginning but on the whole that has passed although i am absolutely knackered today!
However over the past week i have started to be "uncomfortable", at one point having to sit up in bed for half an hour as no matter how i lay i couldnt relax.
The baby has been moving a lot more over the past week but its still at the stage where only i can feel it and its still quite light.
I do realise though that at 20 weeks all these things are going to change over the next few weeks and i will probably have lots to complain about!
I went up to the hospital to meet my midwife after work last night so she could take a blood sample for the Barts test and she listened to baby's heartbeat while we were there.
It doesnt seem to matter how often we hear it, it's still incredibly reassuring and fascinating :0)
On a more day to day basis Chris and i finish work today until next Wednesday giving us 5 glorious days off! We are having a barbeque on Saturday weather allowing to which we have invited neice Claire, her boyfriend Paul, friend Amanda and her boyfriend Paul and our other friend Keith so if the weather is good i can see us all sitting in the garden until the early hours!
Saturday is also coincidentally the 2 year anniversary of when Chris and i met for the first time, if you had told me then in two years i would be married with a baby on the way i'm not sure i would have believed you!
On the Monday we go to see Goldfrapp at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester which was one of my anniversary gifts to Chris.
And then on the Tuesday we have our 2nd scan! Expect a picure!
I spoke to the practise manager at my old doctors but they told me i couldnt go back as i now lived out of the area, i explained that the doctor had let me register there before knowing i was out of the area as he had been my doctor since i was young but they still wouldnt hear of it.
So after this episode with my new doctor, my mum who is still with my old doctor has made an appointment to go next week and will discuss it in person with the doctor to see if we can come to some sort of arrangement where Chris and i can both register there.
Their argument was that should i need anyone to come out to me i was out of their area, my response is that the emergency doctors clinic is on my street and i am very close to the hospital so should anything happen i am unlikely to call them out anyway!
I'll keep you posted!
Lynsey pointed out that i havent really blogged much about being pregnant, well am sure that will change in the next few weeks as the only reason i havent is nothing has been happening!
I have had no morning sickness or anything like that, i was very tired at the beginning but on the whole that has passed although i am absolutely knackered today!
However over the past week i have started to be "uncomfortable", at one point having to sit up in bed for half an hour as no matter how i lay i couldnt relax.
The baby has been moving a lot more over the past week but its still at the stage where only i can feel it and its still quite light.
I do realise though that at 20 weeks all these things are going to change over the next few weeks and i will probably have lots to complain about!
I went up to the hospital to meet my midwife after work last night so she could take a blood sample for the Barts test and she listened to baby's heartbeat while we were there.
It doesnt seem to matter how often we hear it, it's still incredibly reassuring and fascinating :0)
On a more day to day basis Chris and i finish work today until next Wednesday giving us 5 glorious days off! We are having a barbeque on Saturday weather allowing to which we have invited neice Claire, her boyfriend Paul, friend Amanda and her boyfriend Paul and our other friend Keith so if the weather is good i can see us all sitting in the garden until the early hours!
Saturday is also coincidentally the 2 year anniversary of when Chris and i met for the first time, if you had told me then in two years i would be married with a baby on the way i'm not sure i would have believed you!
On the Monday we go to see Goldfrapp at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester which was one of my anniversary gifts to Chris.
And then on the Tuesday we have our 2nd scan! Expect a picure!
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Fuming
So about a year or so ago i developed an infection in my belly button (i know yuk!)
Went to the Doctors he gave me some cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
Went back to the Doctors, he gave me some antibiotics, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
So a couple of weeks ago i went back to the doctors, he took a swab to send off to the hospital and gave me 2 creams...
I got a phone call roughly a week later from the doctors receptionist stating the results had come back and that the doctor had written me a prescription for some more antibiotics which was waiting for me to collect.
I'm not sure what made me ask if they were ok for me to take as HELLO I'M 20 WEEKS PREGNANT but i did, at which point she put the doctor on the phone so he could tell me no, i couldnt take them if i was pregnant.
He said he would phone the hospital to find out if there was anything i could take.
A few hours later the receptionist phones again to tell me there is nothing i can take for this while i'm pregnant so just to keep it clean and dry.
Again, not sure what made me ask if i was to continue using the creams but i did, she wasnt sure she would phone me back.
Another phone call from the receptionist to say "erm yeah use em if you like"
Now i dont consider myself to be somone who panicks unreasonably but why is everyone looking at me and Chris like we are over reacting when we say we would like to change doctors.
They guy prescribed me something i shouldnt be taking when not only did he confirm i was pregnant but i asked him if i should be worried about it in connection with the baby when i was there and he was taking the swab!
Is there only us that find it unacceptable that he would carelessly prescribe me something im not supposed to be taking???
Went to the Doctors he gave me some cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
Went back to the Doctors, he gave me some antibiotics, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
It came back, used more cream, it went away.
So a couple of weeks ago i went back to the doctors, he took a swab to send off to the hospital and gave me 2 creams...
I got a phone call roughly a week later from the doctors receptionist stating the results had come back and that the doctor had written me a prescription for some more antibiotics which was waiting for me to collect.
I'm not sure what made me ask if they were ok for me to take as HELLO I'M 20 WEEKS PREGNANT but i did, at which point she put the doctor on the phone so he could tell me no, i couldnt take them if i was pregnant.
He said he would phone the hospital to find out if there was anything i could take.
A few hours later the receptionist phones again to tell me there is nothing i can take for this while i'm pregnant so just to keep it clean and dry.
Again, not sure what made me ask if i was to continue using the creams but i did, she wasnt sure she would phone me back.
Another phone call from the receptionist to say "erm yeah use em if you like"
Now i dont consider myself to be somone who panicks unreasonably but why is everyone looking at me and Chris like we are over reacting when we say we would like to change doctors.
They guy prescribed me something i shouldnt be taking when not only did he confirm i was pregnant but i asked him if i should be worried about it in connection with the baby when i was there and he was taking the swab!
Is there only us that find it unacceptable that he would carelessly prescribe me something im not supposed to be taking???
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