Well it didn't happen, coronavirus put paid to that. The appointment was due for the 1st.May but on the 29th.April I had a call from one of the upper GI nurses who talked over with me my current condition. I explained about my breathing difficulties although I had no such breathlessness on discharge. I developed a chesty cough after one month but now there is a bit of mucus and I needed to rest a lot, breathing deeply was painful and triggered coughing, a little bit frightening. My ribs still ached after the operation as well. I also mentioned stomach pains and the continuing dumping syndrome, my eating was not great and it felt like the feeding tube had narrowed, worse than when I left hospital. In addition I informed the nurse that I had one episode of reflux at night, stomach acid burning my throat, horrible. At this time I was also being seen my my GP for prostatis/urine infection issues. The nurse informed me that all this would be brought up and discussed at the 'Friday staff meeting' on the 1st.May.
Because of the coronavirus and the fact that QA in Portsmouth had virtually shut down most of their services, I would not be seen in clinic. I subsequently learned that the decision at the 'Friday staff meeting' was to wait a couple of weeks and see how I was feeling then.
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