I had a 5 night and day stay in hospital being poked and prodded - not always in a nice way after my 'event'.
After being taken in by ambulance on Thursday night it could only get better after that.
On Friday I was feeling better and was still convinced that I'd had a vertigo attack given that I had no apparent stroke symptoms anymore or obvious damage. The CT scan was inconclusive but the MRI did show a small stroke or TIA in the area of balance. I was being kept in though because of atrial fibrillation (arrhythmic heartbeat) and two events that happened - spike in pulse rate and high blood pressure. The first was early Saturday morning and the second in the middle of Monday night. At both times, as I was wearing a heart monitor the emergency team were alerted and delegations of specialists arrived. On the first one on Saturday there were suddenly 3 doctors, 4 nurses, some nurse aids and specialists surrounding my bed - about 11 people in total. On the second which was at 2AM I only merited 2 doctors 2 nurses , a nurse aid and a specialist who did ECG tests.
I lay there like an exhibit and couldn't help thinking about that excellent Dennis Potter TV series of the 90s - The Singing Detective and the 'Dry Bones' sequence. I told them that and some looked at me funny but a couple of the older ones remembered the programme.
Here's the sequence.
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Hospitals are overheated to cater to the wimps who are cold.
The food is underseasoned to cater to the unadventurous patients.
What?
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