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Hospital Parking (England)
Based on my experiences over almost 3 years I don't think there is any uniformity re parking charges. I daily visited a London Teaching Hospital for nearly 3 weeks, parking was impossible, B Badge or not, so I used the train at £10 per day on cheap rate. At the Lister hospital Stevenage I paid either £3.60 or £4.90 when my Wife needed a blood test or see a doctor. For oncology, with a confirming letter, one could get a 3 month parking pass for £30 which enabled one to use the privately run multi story park with a lift to the hospital entrance, this was good value.
Generally there does not seem to be a connection between charges and B Badge holders.
My experience has confirmed my belief that it is advisable to be relatively wealthy in this country, especially if one is unwell which involves all sorts of expense. As well as the parking charge at Lister I was doing a round trip of some 35 miles. It must be very hard on a family where a loved one needs treatment at a distant hospital.

thks guys and for the great info

am making alot of calls today, so hopefully will get somewhere

just wished to say a massive thks and will indeed come back so i can have a chat

cheers guys and gals

gary

gstuart said:

thks guys and for the great info

am making alot of calls today, so hopefully will get somewhere

just wished to say a massive thks and will indeed come back so i can have a chat

cheers guys and gals

gary

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Good luck mate, Hope it all goes well for you, my thoughts are with you and your wife. We are all here for you to rant at when you need to. I find TD5power is a good target for random abuse to vent frustration out, he takes it well too.

sorry Gary only just read this I wish you and you wife all the best , we were devastated when the wife got cancer .But she got through it after a big opp. then she got the all clear and then a couple of years later 9 years ago I got it ,and only 2 months ago after that 9 year battle I am clear of it, so there is hope , and I hope the hope is with you
good luck, and being disabled they do have bays or should have where you do not have to pay,

hi

thks so much

what i dont understand is theyve said they will only do chemo and no mention of surgery, in once sense thats good but in another way are they saying it cant be operated on

shes waiting to have these uretha stents fitted and then going to the cancer hospital on the 27 th

but i would assume if it was terminal they would have said by now, but with no me tion of surgery just find that strange

they said its ovarian cancer and is also in the pelvic region

as always apprectaite the great help and support

gary

Hope all goes well for your wife. If you need anything, we'll all here for you.

gstuart said:

hi

thks so much

what i dont understand is theyve said they will only do chemo and no mention of surgery, in once sense thats good but in another way are they saying it cant be operated on

shes waiting to have these uretha stents fitted and then going to the cancer hospital on the 27 th

but i would assume if it was terminal they would have said by now, but with no me tion of surgery just find that strange

they said its ovarian cancer and is also in the pelvic region

as always apprectaite the great help and support

gary

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Gary I know from first hand experience that it is a traumatic time and very ill people can be sometimes very difficult.

Servere illness puts a strain on any relationship, there are plenty of people to lend an ear on lz.

Have you organised respite yet or got a family member to drop in for a few hours so you can sleep/take time out or go food shopping etc?

With your question a doctor would be best to ask, but this is the information you require
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/Ovary/Ovariancancer.aspx

well we had fun yesterday, tues, had to call a rapid response team sue to sengas pain coming in waves from a 2 through to a 10 , they were fantastic, was here within 3 mins, git her into hospital where they gave her a morphine drip, in a and e

theyve allowed her home as they said there unable to do these euretha stents any earlier and would be more comfortable at home

the doctor in the emergency dept was also very good, sent her home with oralmorphine, anti biotics and morphine patches

but by having to go to the hospital missed the district nurse calling so will have to call again to see what day they can come

they also gave me advise regarding keeping as many people as possible away from senga to restrict infections etc

ive advised my daughter who is 27 that due to mums immune system being so low that if she could just stay away from mum until we get to the maidstone hospital for chemo on the 27 th in order i can just protect senga as much as possible, my daughter who lives around 100 miles away said she wanted to come down and just sit in the public area and wait

i know she cares and dont wish to upset her and dont know how to deal with it, as she also said she will come down in the car to the hospital,

im just trying to protect senga and sandra is just not taking no for an answer im convinced she thinks im trying to hide things from her but is really stressing me out, just want to get past the 27th so i can then chat to macmillon but im going on what the emergency doctor said to me today as she has now been prescribed anto biotics

any ideas guys, my son lives at home and him and i dont hug or kiss senga, make sure everything is wiped down using bacterial wipes and all her bedding towels, etc are all washed and kept separate

maybe im being paronoid but dont know the best way to deal with this without offending my daughter but i know i must take on board what the a and e doctor said to me

any ideas plse

thks so much again, oh plus i saw matron today about all my concerns etc and she is going to deal with it forthwith, otherwise i advised her i will be going straight to pals so on senga readmission the matron is going to assure me everything will be dealt with

onward and upwards as they say, senga is very snappy and fully understand why shes angry and love her to bits but had to sit in my shed for 10 mins with a cup of tea

haven't arranged any break etc , but am really hurting bad due to my back and leg pain ans also hardly taking any of my morphine as i need to stay sharp in order to get her meds spot on and of course if she needs me

nearly got the pressure sores under control but been advised when the district nurse comes she can organise the air mattress etc , and deal with any other problems i may have

so we are getting there bit by bit, but getting really concerned as i had to catch her as senga passed out and now ive got sciatica back which means ive got another disc going and have been in tears many nights due to not being able to take my morphines in fear of not hearing her .

the hospital warned me if i got sciata back it means the one above all my plates pins and rods is cracking

but know i cant let senga down and will just have to be more careful next time , but wont say anything as senga desperately wants to stay at home and dont want to mention it to her as i would feel a failure

thks again for letting me chat here as its been such a great help to me

gary

thoughts and prayers are with you mate know first hand how hard caring can be

Hi Gary, I'm very sorry to hear of your Wife's condition and although I have had no experience of caring for a loved one with cancer, I do have some of caring for my Wife who had a terminal illness.
Much like yourself, I have chronic back problems (arthritis) and several other ailments and I cared for my Wife for over 3 years until she passed away.
Since she passed, my health has nose-dived and I've has 2 heart attack in 3 months.
What I'm trying to say is that looking after yourself is as equally important as caring for your Wife. Putting your own health on the back-burner seems right at the time, but it's not. I'm so grateful that I stayed well enough to look after her.
I promised her that I'd be there for her 24/7 and I was..........but I'm paying the price now.
I wish you both all the very best and I'm thinking of you.

David