Just Spoken With Guys Hospital

[Ray]

Can you ring the hospital out of hours or your GP? It may be that under medical supervision you can increase the dose of your painkillers or be prescribed an alternative. If there is no out of hours service don't hesitate to dial 111 for advice Ian. 

[Chelsea14Ian]

I've  spoken as I said with nurse practitioner. On Antibiotics. I've reduced pain killers. When I came home.The hospital  gave me lots of meds.Just on paracetamol. Was on codeine. That makes me tried and a bit light headed.Don't want to  phone 111.Just hoping pain will decrease. 

[CambridgeCabby]

If in doubt and you’re not feeling well don’t hesitate to ring them , better to be safe and cautious as opposed to ignoring the signs 

[Ray]

You know better than anyone else how you feel and what you need, just be prepared to ask for help if you need it! There is nothing to be gained n holding out too long when help is available!

You got this! 👍

[DAVIDH]

You were probably given 30mg Codeine by the hospital, but you can get lesser strengths Ian. It might be worth asking your doctor for 15 or 16mg. My wife had the same problem after returning home from an operation. Her doctor prescribed half strength, which stopped the light headedness. 

[Chelsea14Ian]

Have phoned  111.Just spoke with a nurse  now.Decided to see what I'm like tomorrow. Hoping that antibiotics kick in tomorrow. 

[YnysMon]

Hope tomorrow is a better day for you Ian. I think you’ve had a lot of good advice on this thread. Don’t hesitate to phone again if you don’t see an improvement.

[SwanR]

Morning Ian. Hope today is a better day for you. 

[Chelsea14Ian]

Got up at 5.00 am.Still in pain,seemed to have moved a bit. Trying just to stick with paracetamol. This morning  will get antibiotics for my tooth. That will hopefully be taken out on 5 December .

[ChrisB]

For solid pills like Codeine, paracetamol etc you can buy "pill splitters" to neatly cut a pill in half. Thereby reducing the dose by 50%.

N&NUH gave me a combined splitter and crusher to be able to administer Judith's daily Chemo pills.

[LizG]

Avoid paracetamol as a pain killer as it will also mask a temperature spike. Daughter isn't allowed to take them but her pain killers are a bit more exotic at the moment!! (Chemo related infection)

[Chelsea14Ian]

I came out with paracetamol, codeine and Morphine  sulfate. Not used Morphine  since I've left hospital. Stopped codeine using it makes me sleepy. Spok6 with hospital  and Gps who agree stick with paracetamol. 

[Chelsea14Ian]

Went and got  Antibiotics from the dentist. Then went to A&E Queen Elizabeth hospital Woolwich. Had all my stats done. Thought they were going to keep me in.Was close .Seems a lot of my problem was the rash,which turns out to be shingles.Had IV Antibiotics, and tomorrow get some meds for shingles. Seems I getting all sorts of illnesses and diseases. Least  I know a bit more  now,hopefully things will get a bit better now.

[finny]

Easy for any of us to say Ian - but try to stay positive. You have been through the mill and time in your case is the best healer 

Finny 

[vanessan]

No wonder you have so much pain Ian, shingles is ghastly. I only know because a neighbour of mine suffered very badly from it. Hope the meds kick in soon and give you some relief. 

[SwanR]

At least you’ve got a reason for how you’ve been feeling. That must be a relief in a way. I know someone else who had shingles earlier in the year and the doctors didn’t recognise it immediately because everyone was looking out for Covid. 

Hope you’re soon on the mend. 

[Chelsea14Ian]

Many that's.Talking  with Doctors  and the consultants yesterday, it explained  my downturn.Which was worrying. I was doing my exercises and walking doing well then since the weekend, my health started to go down hill.Had shingles when I was about  14 years old.They said it can return  which it has for me.Theres three things that perhaps helped shingles to get me.Infection due to my tooth, my operation and shingles  itself. Had a slightly better nights sleep.Think the I .V antibiotics helped.

[ChrisB]

A decent night's sleep and good food are essential for speedy recovery.

[Ray]

Sorry you're having a tough time of it Ian, every day is another step towards feeling better.

[addicted]

I'm really sorry to learn that you've got shingles, that's just about as painful as it gets so I've heard. It often comes on through stress apparently . I was very glad to be offfered a vaccination against it a few years ago and our GP sent for Tony this week to have a jab for it  which he did.  Hoping you manage to get rid of it a.s.a.p.

 

Carole