Ouch - KTM highside

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oops big man..maybe a lucky escape for you :thumbup:
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Ouch, glad you are mostly ok Iain. just catching up on the forum in the airport in Nairobi so didn't reply sooner
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Hope you start to feel a little better very soon Kermit,

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sirch345 wrote:Hope you start to feel a little better very soon Kermit,

Chris.
Well. I'm now in the RVI having had a couple of points of blood drained out of my chest. An "interesting" procedure.

A tale of three hospitals. Two very good. One rubbish. Yes, I have numerous broken ribs and a haemathorax.

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Now that is bad, how the wombles could the hospital miss broken ribs and blood on the lungs?

Glad you are now getting better care, get well soon mate
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No thats about right for some hospitals...Get 'em in...chuck them out...

Yep blood on the lungs should have been picked up sooner but it depends whos looking at the x-ray...

I have to say you don't look very frogish... :lol:

Get well soon Kermi...

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Glad they've got to the bottom of it in the end, hope you get well soon :thumbup:



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Mate, just caught up on the forum and read through your thread. Hope your on the mend now mate and the hospital have their act together together to get you on the mend. All the best.
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That is shocking how one hospital missed the problems like that :thumbdown:

Lets hope you can start getting better now. No wonder you were in so much pain,

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I'm surprised they found that much blood in your alcohol stream matey! Get well soon.
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well..... if you never crash, you aren't having enough fun, right?

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Sorry to read about your off mate, you may have momentarily lost control of the bike but not your sense of humour it seems! Get well soon bud.
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Update. Things are looking good. The chest drain came out today. I'd like to say it was a careful surgical procedure but it just fell out when I was having a pee. A couple more days of observation and they should let me go home.

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KermitLeFrog wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:36 pm Update. Things are looking good. The chest drain came out today. I'd like to say it was a careful surgical procedure but it just fell out when I was having a pee.
That was your catheter, you daft bugger :roll:
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That was your catheter, you daft bugger :roll:
Oooo I hate those things. The idea of having something inserted inside my chipolata...yikes. Thankfully mine got inserted while on the operating table.

Unfortunately the NHS and hospital treatment is a bit of a lottery ticket in this day and age. I have had good and bad. It really depends on the doctor and the staff, which hospital and equipment they have and also the time you go there ie how busy are they. You also have to do exactly what they say, turn up for appointments on time etc otherwise you get Black marks on your record and worse treatment the next time. And FFS whatever you do don't tell them your a smoker or you will go to the back of the queue. :roll: Unbelievable how many times I have been asked if I smoke. It seems that's their priority. I don't think it's so much about duty of care these days but a matter of sorting out priorities and getting patients in and out as quick as they can. I'm sure the doctors and staff would love to be able to have a duty of care and spend more time with patients but they don't have the time and are pushed by management. Hey....flash some cash in front of them and go private and it might be a diffrent matter.

Take it easy Kermit don't go overdoing things too quickly.
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