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I've debated long and hard about posting this but I decided it was worth it as we've seen many threads and posts decrying the NHS and I wanted to redress the balance.
On 12 December my wife went for a routine examination which revealed "something nasty" in her bowel. No symptoms at all, simply a follow up from an unrelated problem from about a month before. Biopsies were taken and we were called back a few days before Christmas to have it confirmed that she has bowel cancer. She had a scan a few days after Christmas to check the cancer hadn't spread (thankfully it hadn't) and that was confirmed last Monday. Yesterday she had the operation to remove the tumour. She's now recovering in Morriston Hospital.
So from initial suspicion of something sinister on 12 December to probably life saving operation five weeks later on 20 January. We haven't had to worry about money and the care at every stage so far has been superb.
I realise that we can all only speak from our personal experiences and that not everyone's will mirror our own. But there is ours. Thank you, NHS.
We have Swansea in our hearts and blood ECB, in this era we need to talk as people about things that many previous generations ignored or shrugged off.
So many lives are being affected more than ever it seems.
What I am thankful in reading your post is that firstly your wife is recuperating well and has seemingly had good care, then secondly someone reading this may now take action if they or a loved one/ friend isn't " feeling right"
I wish I could be more eloquent and articulate, but acting early may really, really hold the key in the fight against this bloody disease.
Much love to you and your wife and you know where we are on here.
Firstly sorry that your wife contracted this awful disease and wish her and you all the very best.
In terms of the quality of the NHS, I can't fault it. It's only bad experiences that hit the news headlines, which is par for the course.
Three years ago my mother was diagnosed with the same just before Christmas. She was operated on in January and is as fit as a fiddle now. She is 83 and she can't speak highly enough of the treatment and post operative care she has received.
The treatment of this disease has increased enormously over the years and your wife is undoubtedly in the very best of hands. I am sure she will make a full recovery.
The very best of luck to your wife (and you of course), it's an awful thing to experience.
The NHS is at its best when lives are at stake in my experience and it's when expectations are unreasonably high in relation to the amount of tax we are prepared to pay to fund it that we find it wanting.
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Firstly sorry that your wife contracted this awful disease and wish her and you all the very best.
In terms of the quality of the NHS, I can't fault it. It's only bad experiences that hit the news headlines, which is par for the course.
Three years ago my mother was diagnosed with the same just before Christmas. She was operated on in January and is as fit as a fiddle now. She is 83 and she can't speak highly enough of the treatment and post operative care she has received.
The treatment of this disease has increased enormously over the years and your wife is undoubtedly in the very best of hands. I am sure she will make a full recovery.
Agreed, I have had occasion to be in the care of the NHS after suffering a minor stroke and I have nothing but respect and gratitude for the care I received.
We have Swansea in our hearts and blood ECB, in this era we need to talk as people about things that many previous generations ignored or shrugged off.
So many lives are being affected more than ever it seems.
What I am thankful in reading your post is that firstly your wife is recuperating well and has seemingly had good care, then secondly someone reading this may now take action if they or a loved one/ friend isn't " feeling right"
I wish I could be more eloquent and articulate, but acting early may really, really hold the key in the fight against this bloody disease.
Much love to you and your wife and you know where we are on here.
Great post. It was a complete accident that they'd found it. It's such a c*nt of a disease.
Great post. It was a complete accident that they'd found it. It's such a c*nt of a disease.
As the away fans banner about Bradley Lowery the young Sunderland fan who we all know so well said recently ;
'Cancer knows no colours'
My Dad has just finished seven and a half weeks radiotherapy at Singleton Hospital every day but the staff are absolutely wonderful there and Maggies is an unbelievable resource/comfort....Sarah is amazing so knowledgeable yet so welcoming and approachable.
Hope everything works out well for your wife, you and your family Andrew sincere best wishes for the future and stay positive at all times ðŸ‘
Having suffered the same myself I am testament to the life saving work that NHS does. Its dismantling shames us all and we simply must not let it happen even if it means we have to pay a bit more in tax.
My mother in law was diagnosed and told she required an operation as soon as possible. It originally got cancelled twice, once on the morning of the operation, the other, two days before due to a lack of beds. The only person in North Wales capable of doing the operation then moved hospitals and so she went from being next on the list to behind those on the new hospital's list. Stressful indeed. It was now a 90 minute trip to the new hospital instead of 10 minutes from the first. When you have to be there by 7.30am it makes a difference, especially for the patient who wasn't very well. The operation was then cancelled a further 3 times, twice again on the day and so I got in touch with both our 2 local AM's and our MP who got in the ear of the head of the health board.
I didn't really care who I upset by now and within 2 weeks the operation was finally performed. The staff there were great and we can't thank them enough but what went on beforehand was a joke and if it was ever to happen again I wouldn't be so reasonable or understanding. It is a sad state of affairs but you really do have to look after number one because no none else will.
My mother in law was diagnosed and told she required an operation as soon as possible. It originally got cancelled twice, once on the morning of the operation, the other, two days before due to a lack of beds. The only person in North Wales capable of doing the operation then moved hospitals and so she went from being next on the list to behind those on the new hospital's list. Stressful indeed. It was now a 90 minute trip to the new hospital instead of 10 minutes from the first. When you have to be there by 7.30am it makes a difference, especially for the patient who wasn't very well. The operation was then cancelled a further 3 times, twice again on the day and so I got in touch with both our 2 local AM's and our MP who got in the ear of the head of the health board.
I didn't really care who I upset by now and within 2 weeks the operation was finally performed. The staff there were great and we can't thank them enough but what went on beforehand was a joke and if it was ever to happen again I wouldn't be so reasonable or understanding. It is a sad state of affairs but you really do have to look after number one because no none else will.
I wish a speedy recovery to your wife.
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I'm not sure how anyone would have reacted in those circumstances and that's partly why I said we can each only relate to our own experiences. I hope your mother in law is doing well now.
The NHS, even in its current state under funded, is one of the best things about our country.
I for one would happily pay more taxes if I thought it would go to the NHS rather than bailing out bankers and building more nuclear weapons which of course makes our country safer.
Honestly these are the stories, I wish made it across the pond more. Quite often being a "leftie" over here (USA), and talk about socialized health reform people quite simply talk about long queues and substandard care-- knowing fackall about it.
You never hear what the NHS does for the people, or any other national healthcare service globally. I mean the japanese health scheme is quite brilliant, if what my girlfriend says is true. It works from a universal insurance set up, yet even throwing in a Bob for life saving heart surgery is virtually unheard of through it.
Good on the NHS, and I'm so glad to hear your story Exile, and hope your wife is doing well. :D Do you mind if I share this?
The NHS increasingly seems like one of those brilliant, noble ideas let down by those in it's care. I don't hold out much hope for it to continue as a state-run, funded by taxation collective effort of communal healthcare. I get the feeling the tides of time are against it.
My father was taken by bowel cancer, it's such a nasty, fiendish, sly version of cancer. Great to hear fate intervened to get early intervention for your wife.
Honestly these are the stories, I wish made it across the pond more. Quite often being a "leftie" over here (USA), and talk about socialized health reform people quite simply talk about long queues and substandard care-- knowing fackall about it.
You never hear what the NHS does for the people, or any other national healthcare service globally. I mean the japanese health scheme is quite brilliant, if what my girlfriend says is true. It works from a universal insurance set up, yet even throwing in a Bob for life saving heart surgery is virtually unheard of through it.
Good on the NHS, and I'm so glad to hear your story Exile, and hope your wife is doing well. :D Do you mind if I share this?
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