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04/02/2010 by admin.
Here in Leeds, back in 2008, we were one of the few areas of the UK to have a primary angioplasty service. In most places heart attacks were treated with clot busting drugs, but I had the first class service.
Only 2 nights in hospital, and within a couple of weeks the cardiac nurse came to visit, I had a six week rehabilitation course and followed a course documented in a manual.
Being one of those boring people who have never done anything heart risky like being a fatty, smoker or dripping eater, the course was good.
Problems happened when the nurse wanted me to go to the gym, it was in Pudsey, and to pay for the transport I claimed mobility DLA in Sptember.
There were probems with my medication causing dizzy spells and fainting, so requests were made of GP by cardiac nurse to reduce it. This was not readily accepatable, and is still a problem.
When my £17 DLA was awarded in December, I was discharged from the cardiac nurse, because the gym could not wait for my finances to catch up with it.
This is wrong, in my view, and now I have confirmed another error in the system.
The Cardiologist , in July 2008, requested an out patient appointment 6 weeks on, but this appears to have been overlooked.
I only know of these two separate possible errors, because I got a copy of my medical records, and I am still outstanding a visit to the cardiologist for a medication review, and my six week course at the gym in pudsey.
I telephoned the LGI today and they suggest I see my GP about geting a referral back to the cardiac service, so if he reads this blog he will know what is coming?
It makes me wonder if this has happened to anyone else, or if there is an altenative explanation?
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