A different way to spend the day

[Westmarcher]

Went and had MRI scan today....

Will be told in next day or so what they found, if anything...

Fingers crossed, Pierre.

... MRI scanner for horses.

It is an enormous electro-magnet and you had to leave all metal outside the room which was in an animal yard (think posh farm).

Visions of horse shoes neatly laid outside at front door and horses sauntering in to Scanner room with slippers on ....

[jimduncanuk]

Went and had MRI scan today....they were behind schedule so I got to watch Ellen and Tipping Point on the reception area TV since I was divested of all metal prior to going into the scanner itself.

Had a phone call late this afternoon from my GP Surgery.

They've been reviewing the assessment of my 2 year on CT scan in January. Initial comments had been all clear in fact quite unremarkable. I had had renal cancer and a kidney removed.

They've now spotted something, nothing to worry about they say, something to do with an artery near my heart. They want to investigate further and will see one of my GPs in a couple of weeks.

Nothing to worry about they say.

Time to finish some figures first.

[paulr]

Fingers crossed

[Ithoriel]

Here's to the doctors being right, Jim!

[Steve J]

Fingers crossed Jim.

[Techno]

Same here, Jim !

Cheers - Phil

[pierre the shy]

Went to local hospital see their stroke specialist today -  She showed me that MRI was clear, with no evidence of any stoke activity 

She was very down to earth and we had a good discussion about my case.
   
I am allowed to drive again too, much to Mrs Shy's relief since she (and Paul) have been chaffeuring me around for the past two weeks.

Overall it does make me feel a bit more able to get on with things now that's out of the way.

[paulr]

 

Not that I minded the couple of times I chauffeured you to games

[Techno]

Excellent news, Peter.

(Good on Paul. )

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Fantastic news !

[Westmarcher]

Good news, indeed, Pierre. 

Let's hope Jim's will turn out just as good.*

* they don't seem to be in a tearing hurry, Jim, so hopefully that's a good sign.

[jimduncanuk]

Let's hope Jim's will turn out just as good.*

* they don't seem to be in a tearing hurry, Jim, so hopefully that's a good sign.

Saw GP this morning.

CT scan showed no further cancer signs.

However I seem to have a partially blocked left coronal artery.

Just waiting on someone in Cardiology to waken up and tell me what my options are.

Jim

[Ithoriel]

Fingers crossed you don't need anything drastic Jim.

[Westmarcher]

Jim, if you don't end up taking more drugs, don't be surprised if they book you in for coronary angioplasty (fitting a stent). Don't worry if they do. I got a stent (actually two together) fitted nearly 11 years ago after suffering a series of 'unstable'* angina attacks that knocked me down to the floor on my knees. My young GP couldn't figure out what it was** and every time I suffered an attack I kept thinking, "this can't be good for my heart!"    I eventually got to see the the most experienced GP in the practice (I wanted an experienced GP from the word 'go' but was arrogantly informed they were all 'experienced') and, more or less at the same time, as I was telling him I wanted to see a heart specialist, he was telling me, "I think we better refer you to a heart specialist."

They will warn you that, like any surgical procedure it can go wrong (in which case you might get whisked away for heart by-pass surgery) but the stats are well in favour of a successful outcome. So, for the vast majority (myself included) it is a very straightforward procedure done under local anaesthetic (you can even watch your op on the telly) and they might even kick you out the hospital the same day. I've never had a problem since.

* "Unstable" angina (aka acute coronary syndrome) attacks happen at random and, unlike 'stable' angina are not necessarily related to stress or physical exercise or work. 
** to be fair to him, I had been to A&E and they said they could find nothing wrong with my heart so that set him off on another direction. It turned out that A&E's tests can detect if you have had a heart attack but not if you have had an unstable angina attack and by the time I got to A&E, I had completely recovered from the attack and it was as if nothing had happened. 

[Techno]

Fingers crossed you don't need anything drastic Jim.

Ditto, Jim. (Great news on the 'no further signs', though'.)

Sounds like Davy's on the right track, from what I've heard from friends and acquaintances.

Cheers - Phil