Mystery Stomach Ache

This week has mostly been an insight to the NHS - I have been in the SGH and really didn't like it!

I had stomach and back ache since last weekend and when it gradually got worse I relented and went to the doctor who said she thought it was gastritis or kidney stones and if it didn't get better with in the week to go back... Move forward 24 hours and it was worse. Back to the Gp to see another Doc, who reckoned pancreatitis or Gall Stones...

So she had 2 plans. 1 was wait and see and go home. The other was call the hospital and see what they thought. I chose plan 1 - she overrode me and picked plan 2. Bother! So I ended up sat on a surgical ward with a canula in my arm for no purpose. And after 2 hours they took it out and sent me home for the night to return the next day at 8am for a scan. Which was done at lunchtime. Then we had to wait till 9 in the evening before anyone came and spoke to us. The lovely doc said Gastritis or kidney stones - take medicine and go home. Ace.

But between the scan and the discharge we had an incident of a rude nurse trying to make me have a random injection and to where compression stockings. Although at this point I hadn't been told anything, and I had no intention of letting that happen if I wasn't staying.

What a week.

So I am home now - still slightly sore. But better. Not sleeping so much and the pains when they come are not as bad. Getting there slowly. :)