Wishing you all the best @mart.
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I know the score, Mart - same with my wife - she keeps it all under control with all the meds and hospital visits.
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I remember when the hospital was just a landmark for directing fellow engineers to a road or address as in: ‘go down past the hospital, turn right at the roundabout etc…’ Never thought I’d wind up going there myself.
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Thinking of you and wishing you all the best, Mart.
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Good luck with it all Mart. 
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Thanks everyone 
- Things are more settled today but off to keep the doctor appointment this morning even so.
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Sorry to hear that Mart, I’m glad Mrs Mart did the right thing and fast, it could have turned nasty very quickly with blood pressure that high. Us blokes tend to be a bit reckless with our health and think we know best. I’m glad you have got it under control. When I was admitted to hospital after my heart attack I was housed in a ward on the 8th floor. It was June and weather was brilliant, but the worse thing was, I could see one of my favourite running courses from the window…I thought, what the hell am I doing in here… 
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Another unexpected trip to the hospital this afternoon. The Nephrostomy tube had blocked. I’ve had a fair amount of bleeding from the kidney cavity into the Nephrostomy bag for some reason or another. This is nothing to be overly concerned about in itself. No bleeding all the time I’m sitting idle but anything active can set it off again. The bleeding causes gunge in the tube. Mostly, it passes through OK but this time it didn’t.
The cure is to inject water into the kidney with a syringe and then draw it back out again, along with what might be causing the blockage. Could have done it ourselves given the right gear and we’ll try to get this in the near future. The hospital aren’t keen on us doing it because of the risk of infection but I’m sure we could do it ourselves OK.
I think I’m draining OK now but it’s knocked my confidence. The Nephrosomy tube is due for changing in the Radiology department. I hope the wait won’t be too long.
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Sorry to hear that Mart, I was wondering where you had gone on the good morning thread.
I’m glad they could sort you out and perhaps prevent it happening again.
The last time you posted you were considering going to try a walk on some rough ground and had done a few walks previously. do you think that perhaps the exercise had caused your recent problems?
I know how frustrating it can be when you can’t do what you have always been able to…
I’m impressed with your resilience Mart…Best wishes coming your way…
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The problems seemed to start from re-routing some wires (related to the Internet router) around the home. Lots of twisting and bending at awkward angles. Although the tube is held securely in place by a special type of dressing, it can still move around a bit because the stitching put in place to hold it even firmer has come adrift, so possibly allowing some small movement.
I realise I rarely post …and when I do it’s mostly only ‘me me’ in this thread. It’s not really good enough is it?
All this seems to have made me lose interest in a lot of things. Don’t know why. All those little graphics I used to like drawing (and paid a load for the programs needed) are rarely used these days. The interest in taking photos has diminished. I used to do discussions but can’t find the interest now. Down to a fall from being very active to forced inactivity. Not a depressed person but just a different one.
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I know exactly what you mean Mart, while I was still running I used to write about my exploits in ‘Bob’s Bits’ or projects I were constructing in the lab. Life was good and exciting (it was for me anyway) And then my heart deteriorated and I had to stop running, I lost interest in my hobbies, Sue was doing more work in the garden as it became an unenjoyable chore for me and I stopped posting so much on here. It seemed like I was moaning all the time and writing about my ailments. I got sick of hearing me whinging, and as my fitness ebbs away so does my interest in life in general. We haven’t even been on a decent holiday since covid.
Despite my limitations though, I think I’m coming to terms with it, and when I hear unfortunate stories from other members I realise that there are lots of people worse than me and it’s my job not to put out negative vibes and do what I can to spread a little joy and happiness to other members on the forum…Except on the heavy discussion threads of course…
See you around Mart…
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Why not? It is interesting to read. Doesn’t seem a problem to me, anybody that is not interested can skip.
I can sort of understand the cause of the problem, as I mentioned elsewhere just slightly leaning over to do some varnishing started my back playing up for days (nothing like your problem though)
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I am lucky in one respect. Mrs mart is very good at organising my medical needs and appointments. She’s far better on the telephone than I am. She made the call to the hospital yesterday. I spent years looking after her since her road accident and now it’s payback time. One more thing, yesterday afternoon’s Urology problem came shortly after a phone call from the Oncology Department about the Prostate cancer. 
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Life is cruel. Peckers up
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I know thee score Mr mart !
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You could always start a joint thread where you all share your experience and things you have tried, things that have worked, things that haven’t etc - I am sure lots of people will not only enjoy seeing you guys fighting fit, but your experiences could help others too 
Whatever you do, don’t stop posting! We’ll only worry otherwise 
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What you’re posting is very interesting and could help a lot of people. I’ve learned a great deal from your posts on this thread. I do hope you keep writing about it.
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That’s good to know Annie The Nephrostomy dressing is due to be changed today. Usually a District Nurse job but Mrs mart can do it just as well so, after a couple of supervisions under their care, we’re now left to it. I’ve mentioned before that it’s a quite complicated sort of dressing and I have found a video of one being applied. The only one showing the exact type of dressing is not in English but it has English subtitles. The foam pad in the video represents a persons skin. The mechanics are perhaps quite interesting…
(12) VIDEO SKATER FIX I F U Instructions for Use - YouTube
This is the tube itself (the thing that got blocked yesterday)…
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The tube looks quite delicate in the video. I suppose that makes it easier to live with but also easy to dislodge. I hope you can get those loose stitches fixed. It seems that is what set you back.
Sometimes a person who loves you can do a better job with dressings.
The tube is said to be resistant to kinking but it isn’t and this has to be watched out for. Have to be careful of the routing when dressing. Also when moving around in bed.
When I first had the tube. I worried that it could pull out. I thought it was just a straight nozzle into the kidney cavity. Now I know it has a curly bit inside the kidney, I can see it couldn’t be pulled out too easily. They never mention these things in hospital.
It can still be yanked though. I’m not sure if the bleeding that caused yesterday’s blockage was down to all the bending and twisting I did the day before, or if it was because I caught the dressing block on a door handle as I walked through. It was a fair bump but wasn’t painful. It could have been the cause I suppose.
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