...Well, five years ago I was diagnosed as having cancer. Today, after the best treatment, loving care and "after-sales-service", that anybody could ask for, I was told by my Oncologist, Mr. Sykes, that I was "Cured". God bless the N.H.S.
2007-02-15 06:38:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
i've got to say,i've always knocked the NHS,but early december my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer,after 2 operations,she was given the all clear yesterday.she has to go back in march for 5 courses of radiotherapy,and has to take "tamoxifen" for the next 5 years,and have a mammogram every 12mths. i LOVE the NHS now,they saved my mums life,if i could i'd love to meet the surgeon,consultant and everyone involved for giving my mum her life back.so many times you read about bad things about the NHS,but we never hear about the good things,long live the NHS and long live my mum.i cant tell you how brilliant i feel,i want to shout from the rooftops,but i'll do it here instead, "I LOVE MY MUM,AND SHE'S GOING TO SURVIVE" congratulations to you and every other cancer survivor,and to their friends and family who have also been there for them,it was only 2 and a half months for my mum,but it really felt like a lifetime
2007-02-15 11:48:38 · answer #1 · answered by stokies 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mr Sykes is from Christies in Manchester?
All NHS oncology services are good, but christies is the best and world renound due to the whole NHS trust only committed to caring for cancer patients only.
They also hold their trials and provide the most up-to-date and best treatment available.
Glad you found the service excellent.
People don't seem to acknowledge the good of the NHS anymore, only the bad, and it really bothers me as the good definately outweighs the bad.
All the best for the future x
2007-02-16 15:16:36 · answer #2 · answered by bannister_natalie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a huge fan of my local nhs hospital having had a couple of longish stays over the last few years. The treatment was spot on, the staff very friendly and efficient and concerned. The only thing I discovered which worried me, and the staff! Was that the time cleaners had to clean up had been steadily cut over the past few years, they now have so little time that its no wonder that MRSA is a growing worry.
2007-02-15 14:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's wonderful news, unfortunately i believe the nhs is still very much a lottery although i have had some positive experiences, my family have also had some bad ones
my mum went to her g.p when she found a lump in her breast, the doctor cast her worry aside saying "if i had a pound for every woman who came in here thinking she could feel lumps in herself I'd be a millionaire by now"- she was dead within a year
my grandma had gangrene in her leg, the GP was called and he told my mum to "sit her by the window and let her look out while she can" she was screaming in pain every time the blood pumped round her body. That doctor went on holiday, the locum visited, sent her straight to hospital for amputation and she lived for another 8 years.
however am so pleased for you and we live in hope that in the future all cancers will be cured, all the best for the future.
2007-02-15 18:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations! I'm thrilled for you and your family . However I don't share your enthusiasm for the N.H.S. Not wishing to take away from your elation, but my story is a bit different.
I am unable to say too much as we are currently in talks with solicitors with regards to a medical negligence claim against our local hospital.
My brother recently died from cancer despite chemo, major operations and more praying than I ever thought possible from an agnostic.
He had appointment cards never reach him, notes lost and anesthetic wear off before lines were pushed into his body.
We now know that his diagnosis of a very slow developing cancer should (and could) have been made about 3 years earlier, needless to say it seems that his death could have been avoided.
My mother has also nearly lost her life more than once due to untrained staff caring for her and her complications due to spinal injuries.
My daughter was diagnosed on new years eve with Kawasakis disease but this was only after 4 visits to the local GP and three hour consultations with the 'Out of hours' doctors who refused to come and see her at home. When the diagnosis was made she was recovering, but now faces tests and monitoring on her heart for complications due to no treatment in the early stages of the disease.
The hospital lost her records twice and one blood test never made it to the lab. Where the hell did it go?? The doctors then wanted to take more blood from her to replace this missing sample and were astonished when we refused!
My two year old son briefly stopped breathing at 6 weeks and when I rushed him to the local clinic, the health visitor was unable to get a doctors appointment for him the same day!!! We ended up in hospital with him on a monitor for 24 hours, then told it was probably 'one of those things' -we will never know. Probably due to his gastric reflux.
He has had two operations since with a possible third on the horizon. Thankfully they both went well, he has tiny scars and no complications and the hospital staff were lovely, however one review never happened as the appointment was never sent out. I feel that he is prescribed antibiotics too often, but the GP says it's because he is asthmatic.
I'm sure I can't be the only one not so happy with the N.H.S, or have my family just been particularly unlucky?
I'll just end by saying yes, I know lives are improved and saved, the staff work long hours,are under paid and understaffed, but at the end of the day for every success story there seems to be two that don't end so happily.
I'm so very pleased that yours is one of the happy ones!!
2007-02-15 15:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats great news!
Im glad to hear u had a good experience, have worked for the NHS for years and the good stories i personally hear far outweigh the bad, unfortunately the media just love bad news so u never hear these stories!
only thing i disagree with the NHS about is the recent budget cuts where they are getting rid of nurses, we are short staffed as it is, nurses are undervalued and they hopefully will soon realise it and start getting rid of these highly paid executive types who dont really do anything instead! one of their salaries could probably pay for 3 nurses!
2007-02-16 05:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by BABY BELL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've had many causes to both thank the NHS and to have a go at the NHS, but I am warmed by your experience. God Bless the NHS and God Bless You. Congratulations, it's good to hear nice things.
2007-02-15 15:13:39 · answer #7 · answered by misty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
..Well done Mr Sykes I wish all doctors were as good as you, and it is good to know that Doctors like you still exist
Good luck in the future
2007-02-15 15:57:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hmmm, congrats.
i think most people dont think about what they are getting with the nhs:
FREE healthcare that is poorly funded, if people have such bad views when it comes to the nhs bupa is always available.
2007-02-16 05:30:15 · answer #9 · answered by handsonhips101 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋