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dean51555
dean51555

Hi I went to my doctors with blurred vision and real bad pain in the back of my head he did my bp and it was 226/126 he sent me straight to the hospital where they did ct scans n chest X-rays n bloods every thing came back ok they sent me home with Ramipril and had to go back week later and have urine sample done and my bp took this time was 197/110 the doctor arranged for me to have echocardiogram done this was 2 and a half weeks ago and not heard anything since should I have had my result back by now

I am 26 years old

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  • derek76
    derek76 dean51555

    Posted

    Have you asked the surgery if your doctor has had the result back?
    • dean51555
      dean51555 derek76

      Posted

      It's conslutant at the hospital they said they would write to me
    • derek76
      derek76 dean51555

      Posted

      That always takes a long time. Some are dictated and sent electronically to India for typing and sent bck electronically to be printed and posted. I live in Sussex and some letters that I get are postmarked Bristol.

      Those actually typed in a hospital can sit in a doctors in tray for ages to be checked and signed.

      I would still check at the surgery as your doctor will often get his long before you as his do not come in the post. Or phone or E-Mail the consultants secretary. 

    • Fisherman
      Fisherman derek76

      Posted

      I agree with you Derek, Deans first port of call should be his own GP's surgery. As I told him in my reply, it's those who shout loudest who get the attention I'm afraid. Well it is at our surgery.
    • derek76
      derek76 Fisherman

      Posted

      About 15 years ago when a GP could not get a 26 week appointment brought forward for me to less than 21 weeks he told me 'Patient Power' Phone the consultants secretary or write to him direct he said as they don't like that.

      I phoned the cosultants secretary on a Friday and repeated the symptoms my doctor had referred me with and asked why I should be kept in pain for so long. She said that she would speak to him. She later phoned me back offering the first appointment on the Tuesday morning.

      Since then I have followed that path. One I wrote to angrily phoned me as soon as he got my letter. He found that I could shout just as loudly as him.

    • derek76
      derek76 dean51555

      Posted

      Consultants go on holiday without writing letters and mostly letters are sitting in their in trays waiting to be signed.The secretary will often send you an unsigned one.
  • Fisherman
    Fisherman dean51555

    Posted

    Hi Dean. Very similar thing happened to me last year. Went to docs with chest pain. Sent to Hosp for check up and sent home. Put on ramipril. Back to Hosp for further tests but where my experience differs is that the consultant talked me through the tests she did so I knew there and then what she was finding. She then promised to look at further test results and said if there was anything wrong her secretary would call me otherwise I would get an all clear letter from surgery which is what I got. I think you would have got a phone call if anything was wrong. Don't leave it any longer though. Call your surgery now, not the Hosp, and ask them to let you know the results and at the same time book another appointment with your GP to talk about your high bp. I am afraid in today's world you have to have a loud voice to get things done at the doctors! Good luck. Keep us posted Dean.
    • dean51555
      dean51555 Fisherman

      Posted

      Hi thanks for reply I will give my doctors a call later today an see what they say

      As it's been so long I'm guessing the result will be all ok or I would of heard by now

  • MrsO-UK_Surrey
    MrsO-UK_Surrey dean51555

    Posted

    Dean, I agree with the others that you should ring your GP and ask for results, although hopefully no news is good news.

    Importantly, though, has the blurred vision and pain in the back of your head resolved?

  • dean51555
    dean51555

    Posted

    Thanks guys I finally got my results back yesterday from my echo and my heart is enlarged on the left hand side due to my bp being high.

    I am now waiting for another appointment to come through from the hospital to see what happens next.

    Does any one else have an enlarged heart due to bp and if so what happened next and sorting it out?

    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey dean51555

      Posted

      Dean, I had an echo test some years ago and was told that my heart muscle was larger than usual, probably as a result of high BP.  Nothing has been done apart from trying me on many different BP meds, without much luck to date unfortunately. 
    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey derek76

      Posted

      An interesting question, Derek.  Can we Google it?!  Really busy right now with aftermath of a big support group meeting, so will give it some more thought in a few days.
    • robert25274
      robert25274 MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      The typical treatment for an enlagred heart due to high blood preassure is to reduce the blood preassure, then over time in many patients the heart will reduce in size. Assuming you and your Gp/specialist have found a drug combination to reduce your blood preassure there is little more they can do other than to monitor you.
    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey robert25274

      Posted

      Thank you, Robert.  If only there was a drug combination that my body could tolerate..........
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