Hospital Archives - Crazy With Twins

I’m now 17 weeks pregnant, but I wrote this post when I was 13 weeks pregnant… I’d been excited about my dating scan since I lit up those two little pink lines on my cheap Wilkos test strip. SD is back in the county after going to his parents for Christmas and we’d planned to spend […]

Last week, Tiny was poorly. At the start of the week she had a fever and a sore throat, so we kept her dosed up with Calpol and Ibuprofen. On Wednesday night, we took her to the out of hours doctors, when she developed a purple dot rash on her legs, which didn’t fade when pressed with a […]

My 6 month post-cancer check up with my consultant oncologist got a little bit delayed, due to a bout of depression and a phase in which I kept cancelling my appointments. It ended up being a 10 month post-cancer check up. I dutifully popped to the hospital to get my bloods taken the week before, […]

Last Thursday I was in Gloucester Royal Hospital with an ectopic pregnancy, having a Laparoscopy (camera and probes in the belly) and one of my fallopian tubes removed. This was keyhole surgery, although I must say – my surgeon must have some rather large keys on his keyring, as my scar is over an inch […]

So yesterday I had a Hemithyroidectomy (they cut out half my thyroid) due to it being highly suspicious of cancerous cells. I came round feeling groggier than I ever have from a general anaesthetic. I couldn’t see properly. In fact all I could see was a shaky blur. I drifted in and out of consciousness […]

UKNeS Since having HELLP Syndrome and Pre-Eclampsia, I’ve been interested in doing what I can to raise awareness and also find out about research projects in the UK. I came across an organisation called UKNeS (National Maternal Near-Miss Surveillance Programme) whom investigate maternal “near miss” (women who almost die during pregnancy, childbirth or shortly after as a […]

This is the concluding part of my birth story, following on from HELLP Syndrome Part One and Part Two… The maternity ward was quite a shock to the system. After having five whole days constantly with a midwife every second of every day and night, and having not been capable of doing much at all for myself, […]

Following on from HELLP Syndrome Part 1 (This is part 3 of The Gory Birth Story!) Whilst I’m not entirely sure what day I had the first blood transfusion (I think it was day three), I remember the panic surrounding it. Doctors, anaesthetists, consultants and numerous midwives kept coming in to ask me questions and […]

To the lady who left me my first ever nasty blog comment a few weeks ago… I did not publish your comment, but I wish I had. So I am going to blog about it because I’m STILL feeling annoyed…. You had a rant at me for not appreciating the work of NHS doctors. You […]

Due to the massive interest in my School Lunch Expose, and the fact that I’ve only recently spent 12 full days in hospital, I thought it was about time I released my hospital food expose! And if I get really into this expose malarkey… restaurants watch out! (unless you’re giving me a free meal!) 🙂 or perhaps […]