I'm feeling okay atm but always a worry that it will block up again. As for ambulances, because it's a blocked catheter that can be sorted by flushing through, the 111 operator sends the district nurse, who could easily sort it out, but when they get here, they check their notes which tell them they are not allowed to touch my catheter So much time wasted with me in agony!
Why isn’t the district nurse allowed to deal with the catheter? (When I typed that it did sound like a joke!!)
So sorry to read that Dave. It seems a real nightmare situation. Take it easy, and hope you feel better as the day goes on. Just to say it is very wet in rural France.
When I first blocked up with blood and clots I attended our local A&E where two senior nurses and three junior doctors all attempted and failed to insert a catheter. Finally they called in the senior consultant from home at gone 10pm, to insert a catheter through my stomach straight into the bladder. He said, "while I am here, let me have one try!" Of course he inserted it straight away and said if there were any future problems it would have to be done at a hospital!
Any district nurse is capable of flushing a catheter, I even begged them to do it, promising not to tell but they said they would lose their job if they ignored such a strict instruction
Crazy Dave...... can you not get better suport via the Consultant.... seems a ridiculous time to sort something out.... and the pain
Had a very different view this afternoon of our semi-final against Wolves. Today I wasn't sat on the edge of the chair, but for some reason still felt nervous. Quite daft really, Nice to get away from the virus for a couple of hours.
The crazy thing is Yorkie, it's always a nurse that flushes it in hospital, since the first time the Consultant inserted the catheter, he's become the invisible man
It does seem rather silly Dave. There are a high number of district nurses here, two living in this hamlet, and they carry out far more tasks than allowed in the UK. The English one was a trauma nurse in Taunton before he came out here, yet still had to do a six month training course before he was allowed to get his hands on people. I suppose that being such a large country such a system is required, but it is backed up local hospitals and a helicopter service if people need to be taken to the main hospitals. Specialist services are still limited, my neighbour needed some and had the choice of Paris or Marseille. Anyway my thoughts have been with you all day, and I hope you manage to get a decent sleep tonight.
Well that's 2 things you don't have to worry about now Seriously sorry to hear about all your difficulties but hang in there we are all thinking of you.
Morning all. Grey but dry and still mild. The shopping trip cannot be put off any longer, so when I asked Mme if she planned to venture out I received a very firm no. Looks as if I will be the first of the two of us to try out the new masks. The French PM yesterday was talking in a bit of detail about how they can very very slowly start to come out of the lockdown. At one point it was suggested that if you were over 65 or 70 years old you might not be allowed out for a very long time, but that is not planned. Bars and restaurants will not be opening for some time, which is a shame as they form a part of French life. I didn't read any suggestion that rioting on the streets was planned. Have a good day whatever you must do.
