If you were reading my blog three years ago, you’ll have read several posts about my brush with a condition called Sarcoidosis. I haven’t written much about it for a few years because there hasn’t been anything interesting to say. I started taking steroids, they cured my symptoms (almost overnight) and then I spent a… Continue reading Discharged
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NHS Waste
I haven’t written anything about my health recently, so let’s combine that with a little rant about NHS wastage. The consultant is very happy with the way that the sarcoidosis is going and wants to slowly cut out my steroids. We’re doing this by taking 3mg a day for four weeks then 2mg a day… Continue reading NHS Waste
Hospital Again
I spent last night back in St George’s Hospital. Yesterday evening I started getting a bad pain in my stomach. It got so bad that at about 11pm my wife called an ambulance and they took me to A&E (my first ride in an ambulance!) Why do these things always happen at night? By the… Continue reading Hospital Again
Glasses
It seems that 2005 will go down in history as the year that my body officially gave up the ghost. Not only was there all the sarcoidosis stuff, but this morning I had an eye test as was told that I should start to use glasses for reading and computer work. This didn’t come as… Continue reading Glasses
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Wired For Sound
The problem with getting involved with the medical profession is that once they’re well on the way to fixing one problem they like to look around to see if there’s anything else to work on. So whilst I the doctors were prodding and poking me in various ways to work out what was wrong with… Continue reading Wired For Sound
Diagnosis Confirmed
If anyone is still following the saga of my health then you might be interested to know that I’ve finally got a letter from the doctor saying that the result from the broncospocy confirm the original diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Which is good as I’ve now been taking drugs for that for a month :)
Hospital Appointment
Back to the hospital again yesterday for an x-ray and another appointment with the chest specialist. The x-ray apparently shows that my pneumothorax (collapsed lung) which I got from the broncoscopy is almost completely recovered. The full results from the bronoscopy aren’t in yet, but the results they have so far are all pointing to… Continue reading Hospital Appointment
What A Difference A Drug Makes
Today is my third day on the course of steroids that are supposed to be curing my sarcoidosis (on the – still unproven – assumption that it is sarcoidosis) and already my life has changed beyond recognition. I’m still coughing (but much less) and I still get a bit tired, but I feel like I… Continue reading What A Difference A Drug Makes
Chest Specialist
Another trip to the hospital today as I finally got an appointment to see a chest specialist. It’s over a month since I first went to my GP about this problem, but this is the first time I’ve spoken to someone who should be able to definitively tell me what’s going on in my chest.… Continue reading Chest Specialist