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di marco
im really worried about my grandad. he came out of hospital last wednesday even though his leg was still really swollen and purple and hes in so much pain but they told him to go home even though they hadnt got the results back from the scan and still didnt know what was wrong with him. yesterday my gran called my mum to get her to take them up casualty cos his leg was bleeding and wouldnt stop! they were up there about 5hrs and all they did was tell him he needed to see some sort of surgeon but that would take at least 4weeks! :eek: my grans really really worried cos all she can think about is that hes gonna lose his leg (cos a few people helpfully in the hospital told her thats what their leg looked like before they lost it! :rolleyes: ) and that he will be really miserable cos he likes going out places and walking around and stuff and would hate sitting at home all day :( but the hospital seem to be really really useless and they have a habit of leaving things til its too late even though they would have been easily treatable! :angry: my dad said that if he has to wait too long to see the surgeon then he will pay for him to go private cos with his work he gets free health insurance for us 4 and you can get it cheaper through his work if you go private but my grandad doesnt like making a fuss
That is awful, dm :eek: Get your grandad to go private if you can, I would not wait around knowing the hospital is as useless as you state, especially if a delay in treatment could cost him life quality. Unfortunately too many people, especially the elderly, do not want to make a fuss when they really need to. Hope that your grandad gets sorted out quickly. :)