DieselDave

[denis_f]

best wishes for a quick recovery Dieseldave and Vincent

Rog:
I’ll be calling you tomorrow…

there’s no need for threats like that

[kiwipower]

Best wishes to you and your family DD and a speedy recovery for your son.

[peterm]

Don’t know you, but feel for you and your son anyway. All the best of luck.

[pete-b]

best wishes to your son, dave, speaking from personal experience, have faith in the skilled medical staff who are treating vincent, they are truly gifted people, coupled with their experience, vincent’s strength and the technology available today I am sure there will be a positive outcome.

[wheel_nut]

Denis F:
best wishes for a quick recovery Dieseldave and Vincent

Rog:
I’ll be calling you tomorrow…

there’s no need for threats like that

PMSL

[v8actros]

here’s hoping to a speedy recovery mate

[delboytwo]

sorry to here, hope all go’s well for you and your son

del

[allikat]

Best wishes to you, your family, and especially your son DD. It’s not the best time of the year to have a sick family member, so here’s to a wonderful new year for you all.

[joshh]

Best wishes to your Family and i hope your son makes a good recovery.

Kindest Regards, Josh

[snowdog]

best wishes to all
regards
paul

[colin_in_sweden]

hope all goes well for Vincent.
Best wishes to you all.

[knight]

i can only add my best wishes to the list.

[bugcos]

Ditto all the best wishes DD

[truckspark]

BEST WISHES AND HOPE THE NEW YEAR IS GOOD TO YOU , ALL THE BEST

[ladytrucker679]

All the best Dave to you, your family and Vincent from Paul and I. It is also a great testament to your contribution to Tnet when you read all the messages of support from your fellow members.

[colingl]

All the best Dave, hope Vincient makes a full recovery.

[lee_g]

how is vincent doing doing now dave?

any news?

[dieseldave]

Well folks, I heard from Vincent today.

It seems that our initial fears have been allayed, so I’m now cautiously optimistic.

There was a time when we thought the worst, but he does seem to be out of the woods and somewhere near normal now…

The story begins approx 18 months ago with Vincent mentioning some headaches that he’d been having. Vincent’s headaches seemed to me to be very similar to the migraines that I’d suffered some years ago, so I suggested that he visit his GP.

As I’ve discovered to my cost, migraine presents some very similar (extremely painful) symptoms to an infected sinus, so it was some time before the correct diagnosis gave rise to the correct treatment. Whilst considering this, I remember being told by a hospital consultant that there are many different forms of migraine, therefore the treatment can vary…

After quite some time (Vincent doesn’t do ‘details’) the headaches became more frequent and more severe, and could last for several days at a time. My (ex)wife and I became quite concerned that a guy of 28 should be unable to work and needing to spend so much time in a darkened room taking tablets like there’s no tomorrow.

After Vincent had several more visits to his GP surgery, the GP decided to conduct some blood tests. The blood test results indicated that there was an object in Vincent’s head that “shouldn’t be there,” so we began to fear the worst. The GP’s reaction was to send Vincent to the hospital for a head scan to find out exactly what ‘object’ was present. To cut still more boring stuff from this story, all that needs to be said is that Vincent was simply too ill to attend the appointment. I wasn’t at work that week, I could have easily taken Vincent to the hospital by car, but I wasn’t asked, therefore the appointment was lost.

Of course, a new appointment was made. This time, Vincent attended. He was told to report directly to the specialist’s clinic, rather than go straight to the scanner waiting room. That way, the scan could be expedited and the results taken straight to the specialist for interpretation and timely treatment for whatever was found.

The specialist read the referral from the GP and had a conversation with Vincent. Surprisingly (to me anyway) the specialist decided that a scan wouldn’t be necessary, instead preferring to do the type of test in which an optician would test for glaucoma by puffing a jet of air at the eyeball. (!!)

The result of that simple test was that the specialist was quickly able to diagnose that the ‘object’ was a blood-clot lodged in Vincent’s head. The severe symptoms of migraine were due to blood supply issues caused by the very place in which the clot was lodged. The specialist treated the clot by issuing a prescription for a drug which thins the blood and a drug known as a ‘muscle relaxant.’ Vincent has to go back in a month’s time for review.

Some of you may have noticed that I wasn’t visiting the forums as often as normal. That was caused by a combination of factors, the worst of which were heavy teaching commitments in Bridgend, Telford, Elland, Warrington and a couple in Ellesmere Port coupled with poor internet access, and Vincent’s unavailability for 'phone contact. To say that November and the first week of this month was a worrying time for me would be an understatement.

The reason for my new-found optimism?? Vincent told me that he’d phone me first thing on on Monday, but he actually 'phoned me on Wednesday evening. That proves he’s back to normal.

Again, I’d like to thank all those who left messages of support…,
but especially willie-mac for letting the cat out of the bag in the first place.
I’m not normally stuck for words, but I admit that I was wondering just how to start this post.

[neil46]

excellent news what a great xmas present for you and your family.

[jessicas_dad]

im glad everything has worked out well for your family dave.