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Campbell's Story Cont....How was I feeling now, I was shitting my pants, Why me? What now? My life’s over!! I will never be the same person again!! And will I last the 26 weeks, which was the Estimated Waiting Time (EWT) for this procedure in Scotland. The next day I had a message on my ansaphone to call Professor Wheatley’s secretary at Glasgow’s Royal infirmary. I duly called and a cancellation meant I could have my Operation the following Wednesday, 27th July 2005. 12 weeks past this Wednesday. Somebody up there was looking out for me and I don’t just mean in Glasgow!! So no time to think about it, my daughter flew back from Spain on the 26th to be with me and stayed with me all through my recovery in both ICU and HDU. Funny enough I don’t really want to talk that much about the operation or the immediate aftermath other than the fact that 2 friends I know who have also had the same operation in the same hospital said that the worst part about it was the food and boy were they right. Needless to say Professor Wheatley and his team were marvelous both pre and post op as were the nursing staff, well most of them J and they know who they are. What I want to talk about is now, today, how I feel and what has prompted me to write this. The following is an e-mail that I sent to Dr Tait on the 13th of October 2005 and to whom I owe a lot. E-Mail Starts Dear Graeme I hope you don’t mind me e-mailing you but this last week I have become increasingly worried. As you know I came to see you in May and on the 27th July under Prof D J Wheatley had my Triple Bypass. Since I seen you, post op, the symptoms that I presented prior to my operation are still present. Mainly the feeling of something sticking in my throat and now since last Thursday the shooting pains in my throat have started again. I had to stop exercising at rehab last Thursday. Since then I have had a flu jab, Monday 10th Oct and for 24hours had flu like symptoms. Today I have been to rehab class and again I have the pains in my throat and around my lower jaw area but still managed the work out routine. I also had my U and E’s checked and Liver Function Test, all was ok there and I am about to move up to 10mg of Ramapril. My BP has been pretty stable at around 107/70 checked twice a week at the rehab class. I have stopped losing weight and although 10lbs lighter I am still 87kg and should be 75kg. Part of this I know is combination of bad diet and sleep. My sleep patterns are all over the place and as such I am eating at all the wrong times, as I have no appetite until it gets later in the day some times as late as 9pm? In terms of my sleep I only know I have a problem as my girlfriend, who stayed last week, said that I am now almost impossible to sleep with because I keep trying to clear my throat when I am asleep and as soon as I fall asleep I start fighting with myself. I have also explained all this to Dr Taylor on an appt call yesterday morning and I shall copy him with this for his records. Lastly I have chest pain but I am putting that down to the wound and not Angina, I know 11 weeks have past but I feel that it’s still early days yet and should not expect too much to soon. I hope this explains my feelings at the moment and why I am so worried. Best regards Campbell Young p.s. A couple of years ago I would have made a huge joke about my girlfriend saying "I was impossible to sleep with" but at present I can’t see the funny side of very much! E-Mail Ends Campbell's Story Page [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] You are here: Home >> Your Stories >> Campbell's Story |
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