tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post339941854144916211..comments2023-12-27T10:27:52.281+00:00Comments on The Antics of a Brittle Asthmatic: TravelBeckyGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-35004861313902484732009-03-08T16:22:00.000+00:002009-03-08T16:22:00.000+00:00KSD, thanks for your comment and welcome to my blo...KSD, thanks for your comment and welcome to my blog. I'm so pleased to hear that although Grantham is your local hospital that you've had more positive experience there than I did. As I said in my post though, once I got out of A&E they were very good, but the A&E experience really was terrifying. I'm sure that I would have died if the doctor and sister had discharged me as they were going to. I'm surprised to hear that Grantham hospital no longer has it's own ITU. Being carted around in an ambulance when you're very unwell is awful, and I don't think it's condusive to getting better, so it flummoxes me when 'they' do things like centralise care and close wards etc.<BR/><BR/>Regarding OU, I've been studying with them constantly since October 2006, though I did my first course with them back in 1998. They're a marvellous organisation and have always been incredibly helpful and understanding in working around my health needs. As for the short digital photography course (T189), I did it last year and loved it. Go for it!BeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-31668787071590830992009-03-07T15:07:00.000+00:002009-03-07T15:07:00.000+00:00Grantham's my home town - and Grantham hospita...Grantham's my home town - and Grantham hospital is therefore my 'local'. I'm still a little new to being brittle, and was quite nervous about moving my resp care across to Grantham; having had very good experiences in Derby. Unfortunately not many weeks after my first outpatient appointment with the rather fab resp cons and asthma nurse I found myself in Grantham A&E (thankfully had a much better experience than you Becky!) ending up on NIV in HDU. Unfortunately though, Grantham has no longer got an ITU onsite, so I then ended up transferred to Lincoln when I needed ventilating.<BR/><BR/>On a completely different subject - how long have you been doing your courses with the OU? I'm thinking of doing a digital photography short course just to get myself started. Any hints?KSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043177780891740525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-90377309000403179682009-02-03T14:42:00.000+00:002009-02-03T14:42:00.000+00:00Sounds like a horrific experience in grantham gosh...Sounds like a horrific experience in grantham gosh!!!<BR/><BR/>On a lighter note though those pictures are fabulous i love art and sculpture and things like that - no patience doing them myself mind lol!!!<BR/><BR/>Speak soon hon <BR/>Rattles Xxxrattleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443362027817427981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-52114520143452463792009-02-02T20:21:00.000+00:002009-02-02T20:21:00.000+00:00Ken, thank you for your comment, and welcome to my...Ken, thank you for your comment, and welcome to my blog (though I know that you've posted a comment once before :o) I was just rubbish at responding :o( Sorry). Be assured that I have nothing against Grantham per se, only the doctor and sister who didn't treat me and nearly cost me my life. I actually saw very little of Grantham itself - the train station, a close look at the railway track as I was bumped across it by the paramedics, the small area of concrete where the ambulance was parked, parts of the hospital (A&E, ITU, respiratory ward), and a very tiny bit of the area between the hospital and the A1 on the trip back home (by ambulance). The little bit of it I saw beyond the railway station and the hospital looked rather nice, but I'm not sure I'd be confident enough in some of the A&E team to ever consider living there.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your advise about blogging. I've only been at it about 16 months, and still feel surprisingly new at it. I enjoy it though, and that's what matters I guess ... although it's always a bonus if others enjoy/getting something out of reading it. Oh and yes, I did notice the 'yesterday, today was tomorrow' bit at the top of your blog :o) It made me smile. Any idea where it comes from? I'd like to credit it if possible :o)<BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/>Becky.BeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-24738422714083562242009-02-02T20:14:00.000+00:002009-02-02T20:14:00.000+00:00B - Actually, the doctor and sister and Grantham d...B - Actually, the doctor and sister and Grantham didn't call my consultant, but my asking them to do so seemed to be enough for them to take me a bit more seriously. After I was discharged from ITU onto the respiratory ward, the asthma nurse came to see me. I told her of my experience in A&E, and she was horrified. She relayed the events to the consultant who was taking care of me and he told me that he would be 'disciplining' them. I never found out what happened, but I'm forever grateful for all that the staff beyond A&E did for me, and also thankful for the asthma nurse's and consultant's response to what happened in A&E.BeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-6434434467857283182009-02-02T18:55:00.000+00:002009-02-02T18:55:00.000+00:00HiBeen reading your blog. It's fine!I too am cluel...Hi<BR/>Been reading your blog. It's fine!<BR/>I too am clueless re technology but most bloggers will help you out. Did you notice the yesterday, today was tomorrow bit is on the top of my blog. great minds think about! <BR/>My wife and I lived in grantham and both my children, about your age were born there. Keep going. Pace yourself. don't think you have to blog every day. Some do but i only do two a week. Will be back.<BR/>KenGrumpy Old Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-74131071803617188832009-02-01T10:29:00.000+00:002009-02-01T10:29:00.000+00:00glad you got up and down ok :)i'm horrified at the...glad you got up and down ok :)<BR/><BR/>i'm horrified at the doctor and sister in grantham. horrified. i'm glad you managed to make them call your consultant.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12523875341438470968noreply@blogger.com