Now I'm a gentle giant. (Acromegaly.) [Now with pics diary]

OUT OF HOURS HEALTH AND FAMILY (INTERACTIVE)
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What a ■■■■■■■ shambles. :imp: It’s like the blind leading the blind :angry: . I actually know what you went through with injections as I too have very deep veins and had my wrist, elbow, finger and somewhere else all pricked to ■■■■ by incompetent NHS when I needed an intravenous drip to fix a bad case of cellulitis in my leg. :angry:

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crikey dave , you’ll be like a patchwork quilt with plasters all over the holes :open_mouth: lol :laughing: :laughing:

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bonnie lass:
crikey dave , you’ll be like a patchwork quilt with plasters all over the holes :open_mouth: lol :laughing: :laughing:

You ain’t kidding there bonnie lass!!

It wasn’t much fun tearing all the sticky plasters off afterwards either. :open_mouth:

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Rob K:
What a [zb] shambles. :imp: It’s like the blind leading the blind :angry: . I actually know what you went through with injections as I too have very deep veins and had my wrist, elbow, finger and somewhere else all pricked to [zb] by incompetent NHS when I needed an intravenous drip to fix a bad case of cellulitis in my leg. :angry:

Hi Rob,

I’ve had an intravenous drip due to dehydration following an operation, but that was put in by using a cannula that they used several times in the lead-up to the operation, so in my case that wasn’t a problem.

The consultant explained to me that getting blood out is far easier than putting something in.
TBF to the staff, I do have unusually thick skin as noted by more than one consultant on many occasions, so on this occasion I don’t really feel justified in complaining. I just felt that the hullabaloo wasn’t really anybody’s fault in particular.

By the way, my veins aren’t deep-seated, so that wasn’t the problem for me the other day.
Having gone through what I’ve gone through, I can only guess at what you’ve suffered when they need to go fishing about to even find your veins.

I think the newspapers would describe it as “multiple stab wounds” in both our cases. :laughing: :stuck_out_tongue:

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dieseldave:
Update:

Ellesmere Port to Liverpool and back picked up seven punctures along the way?

I think your lucky to still have ya wheels lol :wink: :wink:

So have you heard back with results and what happens next for you

jx

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Jennie:

dieseldave:
Update:

Ellesmere Port to Liverpool and back picked up seven punctures along the way?

I think your lucky to still have ya wheels lol :wink: :wink:

So have you heard back with results and what happens next for you

jx

Hi Jenny,

I’ve just checked my mail after getting back from a week of working away from home, but I’ve not had anything from the hospital yet.

My punctures are all fixed now though!! :smiley:

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Hope you hear from the hospital soon Dave, glad your punctures are all good now :wink:

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dieseldave:
do you know of anybody else who went from Ellesmere Port to Liverpool and back, who picked up seven punctures along the way?

Made me smile. :smiley:

Hope you get good news soon

As for the Acromegaly, we always knew you were a giant among men! :sunglasses: :laughing:

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Don’t wander by that often Dave, just to say hope everything goes smoothly for you.

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Hi, like those before me, how are you getting on? Hope all is going well for you. Best wishes :slight_smile: