Hi Maninder I have picked myself up after a bout of over indulgence of good food and chocolate, not used to it
On Friday staff for the vascular service in Bristol rang and said the clinical director for their service had seen the scans I submitted and asked if me if it’s okay for them to request my GP to refer me to their service, for a more detailed scan of the aneurysms (it’s to do with funding).
2 weeks ago I had a vascular ultrasound scan as part of the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening which focuses detecting aneurysms through early intervention and saving lives.
People over the age of 65 are offered this service on the NHS. A triple AAA, is known as “the silent killer” because there are usually no symptoms or warning signs in people who have one until it’s too late.
Once detected, depending on the size of the aneurysm, patients who have an aneurysm go onto yearly/6 monthly/3 monthly monitoring scans, or if needed they are fast tracked for elective repairs through open surgery or endovascular surgery using a graft/stent.
Sometimes patients with aneurysms are not offered surgery because of their underlying health condition or the operation would be considered too dangerous for them to have to endure.
I checked with the GP yesterday and today, so far the practice has not received any referral requests from the hospital, so I will keep at it.
Mentally I am okay
Next weekend meeting up with Ed - Rover54 at the Ace Cafe Wembley
How are you?