Hi! New here im a nurse and my husband was suffering d&v progressively worsening for 2 months.... he is type 2 diabetic on medication I know through my career can damage the kidneys...
After much nagging he arranged a GP appointment... it was disappointing the GP touched his stomach barely! Gave him stuff to send away stool samples, lopermide and cyclizine and said he should get bloods done! The blood appointment was a whole week after the GP one!
The day after his routine bloods my husband came home vomited as per usual but he was sob and dizzy as a nurse on a Friday night I said no enough nhs 24 phone now! I was seriously worried he was dehydrated and his kidneys were in danger
He was sent to a local ED although close not our health board! Anyway his liver function tests came back abnormal so they chose to admit him for a ultrasound. That stuff doesnt happen at a weekend so he remained an inpatient and actually got a CT scan on the monday .... the ward he was in was not his speciality of GI so the doctors didn't tell us the scan result they insisted on waiting for GI input...the day after we got told by an specialist GI nurse his scan showed cirrhosis and a suspicious spot possibly HCC ( CANCER) he would need ultrasound which he got the next day.
After the ultrasound they confirmed cirrhosis and they said it was cancer based on the ct ultrasound and a tumour marker in his blood tests. They said they need urgent MRI to stage and discuss options. That was Friday now we are on monday my husband still and in hospital passing clear mucous from his bowels every hour with the odd plop of stool and no mri yet....
Has anyone got an experience of waiting an mri as an inpatient in a small hospital also how long from the mri to results and start of treatment... im an admissions nurse so deal with the emergency things not used to ward and long stay situations! I'm used to diagnosing treating and moving on or discharging! We are all worried here 3 teenagers and me the wife a nurse in a different health board where my patients waiting mri usually get within a day or 2 most im a bit concerned as want to know what we are facing. His cirrhosis is secondary to his diabetes his eyes are yellowing he has lost so much weight in the last few months and ive seen the worst of these situations so my mind is going into overdrive naturally
