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My cholesterol levels were consitantly good under dietary control, HDL and LDL were fine I'm not even sure I should be on atorvastatin, the aspirin yeah I can accept that given my age.

They've also recomended a beta blocker but again I'm not sure I need that my heart is slow already at night occasionally it goes a bit crazy during the day but I'd rather know why than just go on a drug.

All a bit off topic on an immigration thread but what the hell there's hardly anyone here.

I am really not keen on getting a CAG, it's invasive and I think potentially dangerous.

All the best with this John, as I've said to you elsewhere our conditions seem similar although the NHS didn't appear to be telling me anything was in any way serious.

Aye indeed YIKES!

My landlord in the UK a very nice guy, is in his mid to late 70s he's had a stent done many years ago and looks exceptionally healthy.

You'll get a one off "I'm back" on the NHS even if you have to stay with friends or family, you just need to say I'm back and I'm staying, that should get you treated with an extended visit back to the UK, I think?

Edit: oh he had lived decades abroad but is really back UK resident again.

I saw my consultant last Thursday on a routine checkup on the status of my bum and let him know that the Seton had broken back at the end of July in the Philippines.

Next thing I've got a pre-op assessment appointment for this Wednesday and this morning a call asking if I could come in at 1pm Monday instead.

Did that and now have an appointment with the anaesthetist 1pm Tuesday, I want a spinal not a general, the first op 6 years ago was a spinal anesthetic.

And while it's not nailed down the op should be this Friday, none of this is an indication of urgency, the surgeon is just wanting to optimise his schedule

Everyone knows it broke in the Philippines, one or two nurses asked if I lived there but only out of curiosity, I said no and explained my story about trying to get my daughter over here for a holiday, no one seemed even slightly phased by my connection to a foreign country.

I am impressed by the speed I'm being seen to on the NHS just as good treatment as I got back in 2020 when they did this operation the first time.

Thanks!

Good luck to you too sir!

Cheery lot anaesthetists, gave me a 1% chance of dying post op within 30 days

I think my odds would have been better if I didn't have the 'minimal cardiovascular disease' diagnosis earlier this year, apparently when you are recovering from surgery your oxygen requirement increases because of the healing and that puts an extra strain on the heart, I suppose I should have thought of that before however getting serious internal infections every three months probably put the same or worse strain on my heart and risks sepsis as well, although that's pretty much been the story for the last 6 years anyway but with less severity than before I got the Seton installed.

In the end, I'm not in for the op today but apparently I've passed the pre-op and I've got a firm date of October 9th admission at 7:30am and they're expecting to send me home in the evening but I should bring a bag just in case I get kept in.

Still impressed, everything I've read says waiting lists upwards of 18 weeks but I'm getting done within 30 days of reporting a problem.

It's supposed to be that simple, but I suppose it depends how long they keep you in to monitor you after the operation, the price is going to escalate quite fast though if you are in a private UK hospital won't it?

I'll add that if you search enough on this forum you'll find posts talking about this kind of thing long ago before AI search was a thing.
I'm not basing what I'm saying on AI but on memory of people asking this kind of question a decade or more ago and discussions on here and elsewhere.

Yeah I take your point.