My riding buddy Dave, 62, has had cancerous waterworks for some years. Following an operation and some chemo he went into remission and then clear for the last 5 years. During lockdowns, his 6 monthly checks were suspended and he started feeling unwell again and with increasing problems having a pee. 3 weeks ago, he woke up early hours, bursting and in severe pain, failed to pass a single drop. He telephoned for an ambulance and was told ETA 6 hours. He struggled out to the car and drove himself the 6 miles to hospital, parked behind some ambulances and crawled to the front door , where he collapsed. Waking up 3 hours later, they had inserted a canula and drained his bladder, which was pink with blood. He was discharged later that day with instructions to open the valve every 2 hours. Move forward another 2 weeks and he woke up in the night thinking that he had wet the bed due to open valve. No, it was sweat, running a very high temperature, the district nurse came out to him and suspected a urinary tract infection. She called the rapid response unit who eventually rocked up 4 hours later and hospitalised him again. A course of some pretty pokey antibiotics were pressed into his hands and he was discharged again. Operation on his prostate in maybe 3 months...............
Darren, 52, with an 8 year old son, was having severe stomach pain over Christmas and repeatedly visited his GP for referral and diagnostics. Eventually at the end of April, following a collapse in the toilet at home, he was hospitalised and given the necessary scans. Bowel cancer in an advanced stage. July they finally operated and fitted a stoma. He is part way through a chemo cycle with 20% chance of it working. If it does, he then has a 50% chance of living another 5 years.
Mother in law 97, has a fall and breaks her hip. Operated on within 12 hours and making a great recovery..................
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Not a spot of rust on it. My mate in South Africa is selling his….
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