Pumper_Sue
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Fantastic news
-
Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
OH NO! TIMBY HAS RETURNED! LATEST UPDATE.
- Thread starter Wirrallass
- Start date
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Thanks Sue, I'm pleased yet once again.
WL
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Thank you SB ~ I couldn't have received better news. Yesterday was indeed a very good day ~ that is apart from my nightmare of a journey to the hospital!!! Read all about it on Page 5622 in:~
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/what-have-you-done-today/
WL
Last edited:
Katieb
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
UPDATE. 13 August 2018.
Well today I went through the unpleasant rigmarole of having a Cystoscopy check. (Been doing this for twelve years now so over the embarrassment of a tube with camera going into places you wouldn't dream of or want!🙄) Sorry TMI. I watched the whole procedure on a monitor as I usually do ~ my bladder looked like the recent solar eclipse ~ or as my Specialist described it ~ the planet Mars! I'm thrilled to say that no loitering baby TIMBYs were found and my Specialist doesn't want to see me for another 12 months. Yeah!So a happy bunny I am today🙂
Edited to add: My B/P was taken before I went down to theatre and lovely Nursie said it was very good: 126/73 Pulse: 91 which surprised me coz I thought it would have been off the scale with me rushing to get there! *See my post No 5622 in:~
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/what-have-you-done-today
WL
Oh that’s great news! So pleased and well done on the BP! 🙂
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Thanks Katie, great news it was.
WL
Grannylorraine
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Fantastic news. So pleased to hear this.
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Thank you Lorraine ~ no more Cystoscopy checks for 12 months Yippee!
KARNAK
Much Missed Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I`m so pleased for you, BP is excellent and I`m sure it`s all down to the hard work you put in.UPDATE. 13 August 2018.
Well today I went through the unpleasant rigmarole of having a Cystoscopy check. (Been doing this for twelve years now so over the embarrassment of a tube with camera going into places you wouldn't dream of or want!🙄) Sorry TMI. I watched the whole procedure on a monitor as I usually do ~ my bladder looked like the recent solar eclipse ~ or as my Specialist described it ~ the planet Mars! I'm thrilled to say that no loitering baby TIMBYs were found and my Specialist doesn't want to see me for another 12 months. Yeah!
Edited to add: My B/P was taken before I went down to theatre and lovely Nursie said it was very good: 126/73 Pulse: 91 which surprised me coz I thought it would have been off the scale with me rushing to get there! *See my post No 5622 in:~
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/what-have-you-done-today
WL
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I'm writing on this thread as I believe this topic is related.
I wasn't feeling at all well on Tuesday and Wednesday suffering stomach pains and the ol' waterworks department wasn't working as it should.
Thursday evening following a call to 111 I went to Out of Hours to keep the 00:10hrs appointment that had been made for me and which was the earliest they could give me!
I arrived there at 23:45hrs to be told by a grumpy receptionist that there was a waiting time of at least 2hrs!😱 Long story short, I waited three hours before I was seen by the only Doctor on duty. She examined me and said I needed to be admitted immediately suspecting Acute Urinary Retention. She rang the Urology ward to find a bed for me but there wasn't one. So she referred me directly to A&E with a referral letter to have an immediate scan and said I would be seen at once. So I trotted off to A&E with my eldest daughter in tow and we waited 20mins before I was eventually seen by a Triage nurse who took my B/P and temperature plus the usual questions: What medications am I on: When did I last pee and how much did I pass. By that time I had only passed about 10mls since 21:30 on Wednesday (The previous day) and I was in excruiating pain.
From there I was taken to an assessment bay and left to sit back on the bed watching nurses and police attend a drunk who had spewed all over himself and the floor next to my cubicle, sorry TMI🙂
Then a young male vampire came along to take my bloods. 4 phials in fact then left us to admire the view in A&E and watch how busy the nurses & doctors were running around like headless chickens.
About an hour or so later I was taken to another part of A&E. I was expecting to seen by a Doctor but no. A nurse came and took my B/P and temperature then left. After what seemed an eternity, another nurse came along to perform the scan. She raised her arms up while she squeezed a large tube of gel with both hands and proceeded to watch the gel drop on my stomach. She then began the scan. A moment later I was begging her to stop. She'd pressed so hard on my stomach that it caused me such agonising pain that it made me cry. The next thing is she was almost running away from my bed saying she was fetching a Doctor. At last. He performed the scan in a very gentle manner. About 20 mins later I was given an Antibiotic tablet called Trimethoprim 200mg. Within the hour my waterworks decided to behave a little but not fully.
After another wait of about one hour or more I was wheeled by a porter to a Medical Ward on the second floor ~ and a Bay of 5 patients all possibly in their mid 80's ~ 90's. My bed was third on the right by a window and at 7am I was served breakfast. Cornflakes and two rounds of wholemeal toast & butter and a cup of tea.
About 11am a Urologist Consultant came to see me. He examined me then explained that the blood tests showed I had a UTI ~ and not Acute Urinary Retention as originally suspected and said the UTI was secondary to the Cystoscopy Check I'd undergone on Monday last. He said he was prescribing a 3day course of Trimethoprim 200mg and if I wanted to go home then he would be happy to discharge me that afternoon to recover at home.Wonderful. I doubt I would have slept had I stayed as all the old dears were snoring for England! It was like a mad house in there!😱
I have now finished the course of Antibiotics which I'm well pleased about coz they made me feel really horribly yukky ~ oh and as an add on ~ the old waterworks are functioning how they should now🙂 I have to go for a blood test on Thursday for renal function as I have raised Creatinine ~ whatever that means!
Both my daughter and myself were in grave need of sleep ~ we were like walking zombi's by the time I was discharged some 14hrs after I first checked in at the Out of Hours Surgery!!
That's how I spent last Thursday and Friday but pleased to say all's well that ends well!!
WL
I wasn't feeling at all well on Tuesday and Wednesday suffering stomach pains and the ol' waterworks department wasn't working as it should.
Thursday evening following a call to 111 I went to Out of Hours to keep the 00:10hrs appointment that had been made for me and which was the earliest they could give me!
I arrived there at 23:45hrs to be told by a grumpy receptionist that there was a waiting time of at least 2hrs!😱 Long story short, I waited three hours before I was seen by the only Doctor on duty. She examined me and said I needed to be admitted immediately suspecting Acute Urinary Retention. She rang the Urology ward to find a bed for me but there wasn't one. So she referred me directly to A&E with a referral letter to have an immediate scan and said I would be seen at once. So I trotted off to A&E with my eldest daughter in tow and we waited 20mins before I was eventually seen by a Triage nurse who took my B/P and temperature plus the usual questions: What medications am I on: When did I last pee and how much did I pass. By that time I had only passed about 10mls since 21:30 on Wednesday (The previous day) and I was in excruiating pain.
From there I was taken to an assessment bay and left to sit back on the bed watching nurses and police attend a drunk who had spewed all over himself and the floor next to my cubicle, sorry TMI🙂
Then a young male vampire came along to take my bloods. 4 phials in fact then left us to admire the view in A&E and watch how busy the nurses & doctors were running around like headless chickens.
About an hour or so later I was taken to another part of A&E. I was expecting to seen by a Doctor but no. A nurse came and took my B/P and temperature then left. After what seemed an eternity, another nurse came along to perform the scan. She raised her arms up while she squeezed a large tube of gel with both hands and proceeded to watch the gel drop on my stomach. She then began the scan. A moment later I was begging her to stop. She'd pressed so hard on my stomach that it caused me such agonising pain that it made me cry. The next thing is she was almost running away from my bed saying she was fetching a Doctor. At last. He performed the scan in a very gentle manner. About 20 mins later I was given an Antibiotic tablet called Trimethoprim 200mg. Within the hour my waterworks decided to behave a little but not fully.
After another wait of about one hour or more I was wheeled by a porter to a Medical Ward on the second floor ~ and a Bay of 5 patients all possibly in their mid 80's ~ 90's. My bed was third on the right by a window and at 7am I was served breakfast. Cornflakes and two rounds of wholemeal toast & butter and a cup of tea.
About 11am a Urologist Consultant came to see me. He examined me then explained that the blood tests showed I had a UTI ~ and not Acute Urinary Retention as originally suspected and said the UTI was secondary to the Cystoscopy Check I'd undergone on Monday last. He said he was prescribing a 3day course of Trimethoprim 200mg and if I wanted to go home then he would be happy to discharge me that afternoon to recover at home.Wonderful. I doubt I would have slept had I stayed as all the old dears were snoring for England! It was like a mad house in there!😱
I have now finished the course of Antibiotics which I'm well pleased about coz they made me feel really horribly yukky ~ oh and as an add on ~ the old waterworks are functioning how they should now🙂 I have to go for a blood test on Thursday for renal function as I have raised Creatinine ~ whatever that means!
Both my daughter and myself were in grave need of sleep ~ we were like walking zombi's by the time I was discharged some 14hrs after I first checked in at the Out of Hours Surgery!!
That's how I spent last Thursday and Friday but pleased to say all's well that ends well!!
WL
Last edited:
Ljc
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1.5 LADA
Oh Heck @wirralass you don’t believe in doing things by halves do you. I am glad those Antibiotics worked so quickly for you {{{hug}}} I can imagine the agony you must have been in, you must have been so worried too.
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
UPDATE.
My kidney function blood results have come in and my GP wants a repeat blood test done. Will discuss the results and/or any kidney problems with him during my forthcoming appointment. Gees! Just when I thought I could relax!
WL
My kidney function blood results have come in and my GP wants a repeat blood test done. Will discuss the results and/or any kidney problems with him during my forthcoming appointment. Gees! Just when I thought I could relax!
WL
Wirrallass
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Thank you Carolg
WL
mikeyB
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Your kidneys are probably just irritated by the back pressure that occurred when you were corked up. I’m sure everything will settle down. I used to work in urology and that temporary renal disturbance occasionally happened in men, so I don’t see why it shouldn’t happen in ladies.