Anyone else a member? I recently joined
Now have carbon mitral valve following endocarditis.
Ten weeks in hospital, first seven on four hourly intravenous antibiotics to kill the infection before the open heart surgery.
Had a 2cm ball of bacterial growth on the valve. All from a cut to my leg while gardening last summer!!
Thanks LA, was a living nightmare at times tbh.
Not having unduly troubled the medicos for my previous 63 and a half years on this planet, the whole hospitalisation thing was a massive culture shock. The front line staff are incredibly brilliant in the main. The system overall requires a major overhaul. Preferably not by government!!