public health advert (i would like to slash and set on fire) outside the gastroenterology unit, where we currently 'live' camped out in support of our father
... unless you had your surgery at the UK's second largest colorectal unit, where my father currently resides, in his 4th week post op - bouncing precariously either side of a thin dotted line called septicaemia (and too often on the wrong side for my liking).
Early stage tumour discovered pre- symptoms of any kind. Isolated. Not spread. 'Caught', indeed, through screening programme. PR ad above all correct and in order so far. Now for the effective treatment part ... post surgical leak ("happens to one in 5 patients" I quote a consultant directly). So "effectively" actually means "20% ineffectively". Symptoms left (un/ poorly) managed for first 10-14 days on ward, leading to 'last resort' treatment option: Re-opened - as emergency procedure. Been in festering state of delerium state ever since. a new 3rd drain added to his collection today, to drain the latest 800ml of "bacteriaemia".
"Effective management" ... but only if that is a public sector speak euphemism that means a treatment that leaves you worse off than the fatal illness itself; a man who walked into hospital without any symptoms or medical trouble in previous 40 years.
I hope one day we can all look back on this and laugh WITH him.
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