Scary day!

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:00 pm

Thanks for the PM's asking after my mum.

After having a scan today to investigate an irregular heartbeat a tumour has been found on her heart. She's currently in a local hospital awaiting transfer to Plymouth or London for open heart surgery.

They are saying that its benign, not sure how they can know that at this stage but they have told her she should still be able to go on holiday in October.

I'm still a bit dazed and shocked at the moment, looks like it was discovered just in time.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:05 pm

Awww glad it was detected so soon and shes getting the care she needs.

Make sure Betty gets some TLC too:-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:07 pm

jimbo;929110 wrote: i hope and pray it all goes well boop:-6:-6

are you with bupa

coming from Jimbo... is that a serious question? :wah:

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:08 pm

Oh gosh, I'm sorry to hear this Betty. I can only imagine how you guys must feel now. I don't know how they would know it's benign either but through bloodwork and stuff they are somehow able to tell those things. It sounds like they feel positive about it and that is definitely a good sign. Thank you for updating us.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:41 pm

Hugs to you Boopster. :-4

Mustang · Post by **Mustang** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:53 pm

Good they found it early Betty Boop and your mum is getting the treatment she'll need. Will have you both in my thoughts!

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:10 pm

Not a nice time for you.........hope all goes well;)

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:50 pm

Lots of loving thoughtwaves coming your way, Betty!!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:03 pm

Lots of good thoughts and prayer for your mom and you.:-4

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:29 pm

Wishing your mom a speedy recovery. Please keep us posted.

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:47 am

Sounds scary. I'll send up some :yh_prayfor you and your mom along with a couple of :yh_hugs:yh_hugs Keep us updated!

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:45 am

Thank goodness they caught this in time. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your Mum.

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:57 am

:-4:-4:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:40 am

my thoughts and prayers are with you & your family! :-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:52 am

Mum underwent further tests yesterday, her arteries are fine and all is looking good for the operation. She has a rare form of tumor but apparently if you're going to have one on your heart this is a good one to have. She's currently still in the hospital thats 50 minutes away but waiting for transfer to either Plymouth or London, fingers crossed its Plymouth.

Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes :-4

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:52 am

hello betty,

thinking of you and your mum and praying all goes well for her.

if shes going to derriford, she'll get the best care possible.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:15 am

I am so sorry that your Mum is not well, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Boops :-4:-4:-4:-4

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:27 am

Thank you for the update and pray she gets to go to Plymouth. My eyes, toes, legs, and fingers are crossed :-4

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:36 am

All the biggest and best beams :-6 for your mom and you Boops.

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:09 am

Betty Boop;931024 wrote: Mum underwent further tests yesterday, her arteries are fine and all is looking good for the operation. She has a rare form of tumor but apparently if you're going to have one on your heart this is a good one to have. She's currently still in the hospital thats 50 minutes away but waiting for transfer to either Plymouth or London, fingers crossed its Plymouth.

Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes :-4

Good news Betty. My :yh_pray are still with you and your mom.:-6:yh_hugs

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:01 am

Thank you all :-4

Still no change, Mum is fit and well and feels like a fraud being sat in hospital waiting for the op, but no way will they let her come home. Hopefully the consultants will start chasing things up tomorrow and get things moving. Fingers crossed...

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:40 am

Fingers crossed Boops X:-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:57 am

Thanks Abbey, feeling a bit tense, its the waiting I think, and the fact she is insisting that she will go alone to the next hospital for the op. We can't let her do that!

minks · Post by **minks** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:02 pm

me too boops my fingers are cross for mum and you.:-6

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:03 pm

Ahhhhh Betty...so sorry to hear about your Mom...all of my thoughts are with you and family...:-4

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:17 pm

Plenty of good wishes coming your way for you & your Mum.:-4:-6

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:33 am

Just heard that Mum has been given an extra injection to thin her blood today and will hopefully be going up to Plymouth tomorrow. Fingers crossed, will hopefully know more later.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:01 am

Betty Boop;932501 wrote: Thanks Abbey, feeling a bit tense, its the waiting I think, and the fact she is insisting that she will go alone to the next hospital for the op. We can't let her do that!

I was going to say if shes as stubborn as you she will be fine.

Apparently she is. Thats a good sign.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:04 am

Nomad;934147 wrote: I was going to say if shes as stubborn as you she will be fine.

Apparently she is. Thats a good sign.

hehehehehe moi stubborn??? :wah:

All change again, she's going to be moved today....

Theia if I miss you thats the reason why, we're heading up in a bit, off to pick up my sister and head straight to the ward to get the up to date info as it seems to be changing every hour!

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:15 am

Betty Boop;934140 wrote: Just heard that Mum has been given an extra injection to thin her blood today and will hopefully be going up to Plymouth tomorrow. Fingers crossed, will hopefully know more later.The only way to make this more interesting for her is to have it done under a local anaesthetic so she can watch. If they won't then she might as well get home and start recovering. Have they reached the service level in Plymouth of "tick here if you want a video of your operation"?

Having a parent in hospital is a curious combination of anxiety, inconvenience and disruption, it's one of those things where you have no control at all over the timing, the duration or the outcome. I'm thinking of you, I hope it goes well.

(the local anaesthetic thing came from some sleeve notes I was reading last week (from the CD, not the web) - in particular "the first song on the album, "Heartfeeder" was inspired by Adams' recall of the surgeon sitting astride his chest and boring into his breast bone with a joiner's brace and bit while he was fully conscious in a dangerous emergency procedure designed to circumvent the six week recovery period". The NHS has advanced since those days).

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:15 pm

hope all goes well for you all betty, thinking of you :-4

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:21 pm

i had an angiogram blood test a while ago and i sat and watched that. it was brilliant.

cos i was a good girl and didnt move, the pictures came out beautifully and are being kept for teaching references !!!

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:06 pm

Just had a call from Betty. Her Mum had a four hour operation this morning to remove the tumour and she is recovering in Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. Betty will probably be in Plymouth until Sunday.

The shock of the events of the last few days is just beginning to hit Betty, I could hear it in her voice. So I'm going to start a hugs, beams and love thread for her.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:57 pm

Thank you for passing on the news, Theia. (Hugs to you) . And a load of beams heading across the big pond towards Plymouth for Betty and her Mum.

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:19 pm

Thanks Theia:-4

Sounds like now the op is over Betty has hit the wall.

She has stayed stong for her Mum.

Love to you Betty:-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:32 am

I will go up again to visit tomorrow. The hospital were saying they'd be looking to discharge her on day 5 which is today! :-2

They discovered yesterday that her blood was too thin so they are now sorting out her dosage levels of warfarin.

She's not allowed to be left alone at all for two weeks at least so we are trying to sort somewhere out for her to go as she won't come and stay with any of us. Shes very weak, tires easily and is unable to do anything for herself, its amazing that they kick them out so quick!

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:41 am

Betty Boop;941598 wrote: I will go up again to visit tomorrow. The hospital were saying they'd be looking to discharge her on day 5 which is today! :-2

They discovered yesterday that her blood was too thin so they are now sorting out her dosage levels of warfarin.

She's not allowed to be left alone at all for two weeks at least so we are trying to sort somewhere out for her to go as she won't come and stay with any of us. Shes very weak, tires easily and is unable to do anything for herself, its amazing that they kick them out so quick!

hi betty,

i had the same trouble with my mum :rolleyes: when she was ill !! trying to persuede her to come and stay with us was like banging yer head on a brick wall.

we did get her down here for a while , (about ten days !!)with us but she had to have an operation.

she was in RCH for several months then penrice in st austell and finally got her own ruddy way and went back to bournemouth to her own flat.

i have to admit she was a lot happier with her friends around her and a home help.

they can be worse than kids cant they ??:rolleyes:

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:42 am

Love and hugs to your mum and yourself and family :-4:-4:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:11 pm

Betty Boop;941598 wrote: I will go up again to visit tomorrow. The hospital were saying they'd be looking to discharge her on day 5 which is today! :-2

They discovered yesterday that her blood was too thin so they are now sorting out her dosage levels of warfarin.

She's not allowed to be left alone at all for two weeks at least so we are trying to sort somewhere out for her to go as she won't come and stay with any of us. Shes very weak, tires easily and is unable to do anything for herself, its amazing that they kick them out so quick!

My grandma is the same way, she won't stay with anyone but occasionally she'll stay with my mom. She'd rather be in her own house and she's 90. I hope you can find a good place for the 2 weeks if you can't talk her into staying with you. :yh_hugs:yh_hugs:-4 for both of you.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:14 pm

Betty Boop;941598 wrote: I will go up again to visit tomorrow. The hospital were saying they'd be looking to discharge her on day 5 which is today! :-2

They discovered yesterday that her blood was too thin so they are now sorting out her dosage levels of warfarin.

She's not allowed to be left alone at all for two weeks at least so we are trying to sort somewhere out for her to go as she won't come and stay with any of us. Shes very weak, tires easily and is unable to do anything for herself, its amazing that they kick them out so quick!
Bloody disgraceful!

Hope you get something sorted out and she recovers well. :-4

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:23 pm

abbey;942085 wrote: Bloody disgraceful!

Hope you get something sorted out and she recovers well. :-4
She's off the acute ward now and has a room of her own. She may well be moved to another hospital closer to home tomorrow. We have to wait until 1pm tomorrow, then ring to find out. Thats a pain in itself as we would look to leave home at 12pm to make the two hour drive up to Plymouth. So, if she doesn't get moved we will be a bit late for the visiting start time. Oh well... fingers crossed she heads this way :driving:

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:25 pm

Good News Betts

Heres to her being home soon:-4

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:28 pm

Great news Betty:-6

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:31 pm

Two steps forward, one step back...

Waited until 1pm before my sis rang the hospital as per instructions from the doctor. No blood results back. But news that Mum wasn't feeling too good, wouldn't give a lot of information which is annoying seeing as she is two hours drive away

. So.... I drove up there, was going to take the children up with me anyway today but seeing as they said she wasn't too good my sister said she'd have them. Took me three hours to do what could take 1 1/2 hours on a really good day. It appears the medication needs a little fine tuning and some pain that mum had felt in her shoulder is muscular, possibly from her trying to do too much...:rolleyes: Glad I drove up and saw her, she's looking tired but she's ok - phew. Looks like it will be a little longer before they discharge her.

Post by **spot** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:12 pm

Recovery takes longer as people get older, I've found that myself. Is your mum over fifty yet?

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:28 am

Sorry mum took a backwards step Boops but thankfully it's given her more time in hospital where she can get the care first hand.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:55 am

abbey;943815 wrote: Sorry mum took a backwards step Boops but thankfully it's given her more time in hospital where she can get the care first hand.

Yes, there is that, and of course it just backs up our thoughts that they are too quick to discharge them!!

Spot, Mum is 75, so yes, well over 50. The surgeon made a comment that she is a very fit old lady, he got glared at and asked 'Who are you calling old?' :wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:47 pm

Mum should be back at our local hospital tomorrow, so keep everything crossed.