I come under York and Scarborough Trust so that option isn’t given. Yet for other things I have been sent to Castle Hill. The fact the laxatives didn’t clear me out properly is why I am going again. Was 50:minutes with him probing about instead of the usual 20. Found polyps and booked me again. Gave me stronger laxatives but turned up to be told the surgeon had just rung in sick. They are all a very good team, incidentally. So was booked in again, did all the change of diet only for someone to ring up 2 days before and say about the blood thinners thing. I blame the Labour Government.
The laxatives didn't clear you out? That's way too easy for the likes of me. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Hope everything turns out ok mate. Last time I had one I was in the room with the Doctor and Nurse, after looking at my records he suddenly came out with all innocently, I notice I've put one down your throat and now i'm gonna put one in your backside. The look on my face set the Nurse off who burst out laughing, excused herself and left the room. The look on the Doctors face was a picture, he didn't have a clue what he'd just said.
Be aware your medical practise has to fund a lot of treatment from their budget - so you are in the hands of a doctor who may decide that ‘ at your age you may not be worth prolonged expensive treatment ‘ I mean 75 years or so will be a good innings won’t it ? However fit you are ! And you have nursing staff keen to add DNR to your notes . There will be directives from high up dictating limited support for older people to ease the burden .
****! I’m 74! There are some things they stop now when you reach a certain age, it will probably increase in number.
You're 74? Cripes, the sea air and wind is more damaging than I thought possible. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
My only experience of "DNR" was certainly not at the hands of nursing staff. My brother and I were asked if we could pop in and see the consultant in charge of our mothers care. He sat us down, took a deep breath, told us the story, and concluded by saying he had added "do not resuscitate" to her notes. The relief was evident on his face when we both said, yes, good plan. I am not sure what response he was expecting. I do not think such a decision can be made by anybody junior. ps full story? The only, dunno for sure, just a guess, the only bit of her body not riddled with cancer was her right little finger.
There’s a fundamental issue in the NHS, with us extending people’s lives just because we can, often without those people actually having any quality of life. On average, 70% of our lifetime medical costs come in the last six months, as we attempt to keep people alive well beyond their natural life. With a rapidly aging population, this is unsustainable and it’s often to the detriment of the patient, who may be living, but not having any sort of a life. I’m only sixty, but I’ve made it clear to my family, that I’m to be DNR with any issue that could leave me incapacitated it any way. My dad’s made it clear to us that he’s to be DNR under all circumstances, he has no fear of dying, but a big fear of being a burden.
I've seen it once being asked in the back of an ambulance in front of the patient(my late mother-in-law) and my wife wasn't overly impressed!!!(there's a time and a place for it) On the other 3 occasions it was handled with much more tact and to be honest it was the common sense thing to ask/put forward...No-one wants to see anyone suffering any more than they already have and with little or no chance of any quality in life. Me personally,I wouldn't want to survive on this Earth suffering any more than I had to...
The last few posts here have got me wondering. I think it is time for my GP to open his morning mail to an unusual request. For a member of a profession who are bound by "Do no harm" to receive a request "Don't bother at all" should be interesting.
My mother had four or five Respect forms (the sanitized name they're using now) in her bag, every one of them unsigned, and every time they mentioned it she told them to get lost. She ended up checking out on her own terms by giving up on dialysis, even though she knew what the outcome would be, and she lasted a week without the dialysis and died peacefully. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
