Friday, 23rd May
Having undergone another blood test at the Ambulatory Care Unit or
the Walking Wounded ! They telephoned to say that the test showed An improvement in the Platelets count; the daily injections seem to be working.
However, received phone call this morning from Heartlands Hospital, part of the same Trust as Good Hope.
From the Physiology Dept, informing me that they had a request from my Urologist, to run a Fitness test on me – needed for what would be a lengthy anaesthetic prior to surgery in June – they had a free slot this PM.
Too good to be true, so knowing it was going to be exercise, I put on my Wolves’ Kit, only joking!
Got there and was received very punctually at 1pm.
However, when I informed the physiologist that a week ago I had been diagnosed with a PE in my right lung,he said he needed to consult with his Registrar, as this was problematic.
After ascertaining that I had been on injections for blood thinning over the last week, he informed me that it was too risky to proceed!
There had been no communication between the two hospitals on this.
He was very apologetic, but he was doing the right thing.
Meanwhile, I await a call for my ” fitness” test in the near future.
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