Brief "copy and paste" post update below of yet more GP and, as it turns out, yet another overnight hospital stay.
Over the last few days, Amanda has becoming breathless ever so easily. Getting up and walking the very short distance between our bedroom and living room is a challenge like no other and she's been susceptible to short agonising bursts of pain around the upper hip area on the right hand side of her body too. She's pretty much been housebound all week too, so something quite wasn't right.
I've copied the below from my Facebook post updates.
Friday 9th October
Amanda updated her blog earlier this morning whilst in some considerable pain. which you can read here http://ukbreastcancertips.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 As a result of the breathlessness & pains Amanda described in the blog, we went to visit her GP this afternoon who felt that it would be best to get an xray arranged given Amanda's rather colourful recent medical history. As you can see from the parked trolleys in the corridor awaiting triage in my photo below, it's rather busy here this evening and the staff are working their hardest to deal with this. It's heartbreaking to hear the elderly cry out in pain. We have been fortunate enough to escape most of the queue and we're currently awaiting the xrays. It must be cold, Amanda has 4 blankets wrapped round her. I'll try and update tomorrow.
Saturday 10th October
Amanda was visited by one of the doctors in A&E at 10pm last night and was sent off for xrays promptly. Tests results for fluid on the lungs came back negative, and her white blood cell count was on the low side so Amanda was sent off for a CT scan at midnight Most people go through their whole lives without one - this was Amanda's 5th since May). She was then moved out to the medical ward for overnight observation.
Amanda was told in the early hours that she had a clot on her lung. We're waiting for the doctorate to do their morning rounds to find out more info but she'll be in hospital for the rest of today at the very least. We haven't got a clue what's causing the pain above her hip, it could be related to the clot. It took some liquid morphine to eventually knock her out at 5am this morning. She's very snug in her new fleecy winter Pj's and I've nicked her morning toast.
In other news, spelling on NHS notices is still a major cause for concern.
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