Well, that's the hospital appointments for this week sorted.
It looks like my boob worry is innocuous, the mammogram was slightly uncomfortable, but not horrendously painful as some people have had.
Hubby saw his new specialist today and has been told he has to go into hospital for a week so they can do top to toe X-rays, and scans. Bloods, physio, hydrotherapy and check which joints need replacing, drain his knee's of fluid, sort out when they can remove the nodules on his elbows and to scrape the bones of calcified deposits and to see if they can reconnect the tendons of two of his fingers. They can do it all in one week rather than him having to attend for a 1 hour appointment or an x-ray here there and everywhere, which could end up taking a year. I am hoping they can change his mind about disease modifying drugs as well. The last 3 attempts with 3 different drugs didn't go well with horrid side effects. but one did improve his symptoms (but gave a pile of others instead).
I have found out that my spine specialist is moving hospital and is trying to sort out all her present patients before she goes, which means I MAY be in for surgery before the end of October.
Sooo, its looking like we will be needing a laptop for all this (eldest son still needs further surgery as well) to keep in touch with each other. Though hubby's specialist did joke (I think he was joking) about getting us both in at the same time to save on travel costs and time. Ebay selling will be starting again to pay for the travelling its going to cost.
It looks like my boob worry is innocuous, the mammogram was slightly uncomfortable, but not horrendously painful as some people have had.
Hubby saw his new specialist today and has been told he has to go into hospital for a week so they can do top to toe X-rays, and scans. Bloods, physio, hydrotherapy and check which joints need replacing, drain his knee's of fluid, sort out when they can remove the nodules on his elbows and to scrape the bones of calcified deposits and to see if they can reconnect the tendons of two of his fingers. They can do it all in one week rather than him having to attend for a 1 hour appointment or an x-ray here there and everywhere, which could end up taking a year. I am hoping they can change his mind about disease modifying drugs as well. The last 3 attempts with 3 different drugs didn't go well with horrid side effects. but one did improve his symptoms (but gave a pile of others instead).
I have found out that my spine specialist is moving hospital and is trying to sort out all her present patients before she goes, which means I MAY be in for surgery before the end of October.
Sooo, its looking like we will be needing a laptop for all this (eldest son still needs further surgery as well) to keep in touch with each other. Though hubby's specialist did joke (I think he was joking) about getting us both in at the same time to save on travel costs and time. Ebay selling will be starting again to pay for the travelling its going to cost.
Seriously hope they sort you both out & before the end of the year for you all. Good Luck. 
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