Admission to St Vincent’s Hospital 18 December 2017
Admission to St Vincent’s Hospital 18 December 2017
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My GP came and saw me as usual in the morning, the day after I had arrived back from my 3 day cruise to nowhere. During the cruise I had been in a great deal of pain from my spine, spending the night screaming at intervals front he stabbing pain, the grinding of lumbar spine bones as I moved. The days had not been much better, with pain from the cauda equina syndrome and from sitting too long in my wheelchair.
The pain relief had not been adequate and I had doubts as to whether the fentanyl patch was actually working. 50 mcg should make a difference, however most of the time it was not connected to my skin, lifted by sweat and heat. We had stuck it down with an elastic band debut I was sure it was not making a difference. I was relying on endone alone.
My GP immediately launched into a request for me to go to St Vincent’s to try and access the neurosurgeon Dr Tim Steel. I had heard of him from the technician from Medtronics, the nerve stimulator people, and he is known for using cages around recalcitrant vertebrae. I had told my GP about him and he had immediately and enthusiastically written out a referral. I cold only get an appointment for February next year, unfortunately.
My GP decided that I was very close to becoming a paraplegic, the sharp bits of fractured bone were getting to far into the spinal card and the danger of complete severance too great. So he wanted me to go to emergency at St V, and ask for Dr Steel.
So this is what I did and I was in a ward by 9:30 that night, after getting there at around midday. The pain relief is better as the registrar has written me up for twice the amount of endone as I was receiving from my GP.
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My GP came and saw me as usual in the morning, the day after I had arrived back from my 3 day cruise to nowhere. During the cruise I had been in a great deal of pain from my spine, spending the night screaming at intervals front he stabbing pain, the grinding of lumbar spine bones as I moved. The days had not been much better, with pain from the cauda equina syndrome and from sitting too long in my wheelchair.
The pain relief had not been adequate and I had doubts as to whether the fentanyl patch was actually working. 50 mcg should make a difference, however most of the time it was not connected to my skin, lifted by sweat and heat. We had stuck it down with an elastic band debut I was sure it was not making a difference. I was relying on endone alone.
My GP immediately launched into a request for me to go to St Vincent’s to try and access the neurosurgeon Dr Tim Steel. I had heard of him from the technician from Medtronics, the nerve stimulator people, and he is known for using cages around recalcitrant vertebrae. I had told my GP about him and he had immediately and enthusiastically written out a referral. I cold only get an appointment for February next year, unfortunately.
My GP decided that I was very close to becoming a paraplegic, the sharp bits of fractured bone were getting to far into the spinal card and the danger of complete severance too great. So he wanted me to go to emergency at St V, and ask for Dr Steel.
So this is what I did and I was in a ward by 9:30 that night, after getting there at around midday. The pain relief is better as the registrar has written me up for twice the amount of endone as I was receiving from my GP.
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