A near miss and a hospital visit

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Hospital Again

My heart played up yesterday, so 999 call for ambulance ambulance ,now home from hospital.

I do the Hospital at home thing which gives me a good amount of treatment.

I have had some instructions on what to do in the event of problem and I have the emergency medication normaly only used in hospital.

I had an acute coronary emergency.

Sudden chest pain radiating down my left arm to the elbow, , vomiting, difficulty breathing, pallid and sweating profusely…

All the symptoms of the onset of a heart attack starting. to do basic monitoring.

Heart rate was 120 to 138, oxygen level went down to 84 at times.

I have all the equipment at home ad I am registered with the Rapid Response Team.

All in all, I am safe, comfortable and happy to be home and most importantly still alive…

The hospital was in special measures until recently, the improvements have worked and things were much better.

Have a good day all ad enjoy things, we are only here once.strong text

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Aw, Swimmy, another familiar adventure for you! So glad to hear you acted quickly, and most importantly that you were taken care of so well, and were discharged to come home.
Hugs and more hugs being sent to you today and always! :heart: :heartpulse:

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One massive hats off to you Swimmy.
You is a toughie! :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

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You just can’t keep away from us can you Swimmy :hugs:
Good to hear you’re back home and safe.

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Glad you’re back home Swimmy :023:

Maybe stay away from politics for a while :lol:

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Glad to hear you’re ok @swimfeeders . Take it easy for a while, look after yourself.

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That’s what I’m trying to do … bet you don’t believe me :pig:

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Poor swimmy …(
Glad you’re back home !!

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Swimmy, what happened to your house after the recent fire? I thought you faced months of homelessness?

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Oh good heavens… you certainly have things under control, though I suspect, still nerve-racking…

Glad you’re okay.

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Hi Jazzi

I was in a hotel initially,not ideal.

The Fire was widely recorded and if you wish to check, please feel free to contact Shropshire Fire and Rescue, it is recorded on their website.

I am insured with Sky for house and contents.

They rely on AI for responses, eventually given a number to ring to contact the Insurers they act as agents for.

The weekend team, working from home.

Nope, not them, what date did you take the Insurance out?

I had no idea at all, so got Carers to find out.

Back to Sky, weekend team again, eventually given a number to ring.

Details given yet another Weekend Team.

Naff all happened, more phone calls to register the Claim.

I am not eligible for any help at all from Social Service.

I am a home owner with a private pension, I get nothing.

I have a Lifeline System, it only works on copper wire, not Broadband.

BT have a long waiting list for copper connections in Broadband Areas, 6 to 8 months.
I need my hospital bed to live on, it was given to me because I need it.

The nearest accommodation tat could be used is 42 miles away and a long way from a hospital.

It would also mean getting a new team of carers.

Hence I am living here in the front room.

The house is statutorily unfit for human habitation.

The upstairs all 3 bedrooms and the bathroom are completely trashed, either burnt or and water danaged.#

The plaster has dropped of the ceilings and some of the walls .

The bath and some of the UPVC windows are warped and partially melted.

The electric wiring and switches are damaged as is the gas boiler.

There is a large hole in the floor where the fire brigade cut the flooring out so they could get to the joists which were burning.

I have no hot water or central heating, the gas boiler cannot be used, neither can the gas fire downstairs.

The living room ceiling will have to come down.

Nothing could happen until the house has dried out and the asbestos survey donex.
There is a specialist company here today clearing out the whole of the upstairs.
The insurance assessors will then have to come to agree a schedule of works

When the upstairs is completed I wll have to move out to a private hospital with 24 hour care whilst the downstairs ceilings are done.

Such is life.

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Could have done without the fire on top of everything else Swimmy, but glad to hear they have managed to stabilise you and send you home.
I’ve been there a couple of times myself (three heart attacks and occasionally some worrying symptoms) so I know how frightening it can be.
I’ll probably be gone before you because I won’t take all my meds and insist on running while pretending to go out walking…
We didn’t sign up for this Swimmy, and bodies (especially hearts) should be up to the job. But we are both ‘Yorkshire Blokes’ and can usually tough it out…
:sunglasses:
All the best Swim, it would be such a shame if we never met…
:+1:

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You are the bravest of the brave! I can’t believe there isn’t a temporary place you can go…a homeless shelter would be better than where you are.

I’d suggest breaking the law, waving a knife at someone, or a break-in, and face the camera,…anything so your laws have to lock you up in a clean cell, give you meals and hot water, and send you to an infirmary for medical treatment, door with a guard, of course.
Need any other suggestions, I’ve got a few.

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Swim, I don’t need to check the fire report, I just wondered, as you’d mentioned everything taking a long time, where you were living.

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Hi Jazzi

Apologies for misunderstanding you.

The entire process is weird.

The 3 upstairs bedrooms were cleared today, and then sealed up with tape until an inspection by the Insurers Claim Surveyors.

It was the 6th February when the fire happened and I have not yet got a penny from them for my costs, in spite of promises.

I will name them later

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No probs, Swim. Insurers probably don’t rush.

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