One of the tasks I had was to take a 2" block of mild steel, cut one face with a hacksaw as square as possible to the other faces and file two adjacent faces both square to each other and flat across the faces. You were allowed a maximum of two blocks - one for practice, the second was your test piece. Took several days but the test piece was approved.
] I received news I didn't want to hear, when attending a hospital clinic. Apparently the daily chemo capsule I've been taking for three years [along with associated and assorted other drugs] is no longer working at keeping my cancer at bay, and the Consultant is changing the regime/drug(s) to another one.
Sorry to hear that SBF, but good luck with the new treatment. Crazy costs but so what, it's worth every penny - even at ten times the amount! Cannot put a cost on someone's life in my book
Well at that rate you'll be the 'Six Million Dollar Man' in 45 years, meaning you'll be able to run very fast and leap over houses!
Todaywell, yesterday actually [but I'm usually late to any party
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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but good they picked up on it I bet the cost of the tablets fades in comparison to the Consultants fees.
And at least you know where some of the money has gone in the Scottish NHS the Scottish gov has squandered
Todaywell, yesterday actually [but I'm usually late to any party
So, as of next week I'll be visiting hospital 40 miles away every week to have this drug administered by injection under the skin, following an infusion [luckily lasting c 10 minutes iirc] of another one. As far as I [or they?] can tell, it'll be weekly for 10-12 weeks[?], then fortnightly for a similar period then every month from then on. That'll be my Tuesdays mapped out for a while then....
The Consultant is going to try to get these eventually done at our local [very small] hospital, subject [I think] to a suitably trained Member of staff being available. This would be much more convenient and cut out loads of travelling. He also wants a video consultation [the facility is available there, I believe] the day before I undergo treatment #5 at Raigmore hospital in Inverness, presumably to check there have been no cumulative bad side effects.
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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Sounds like your consultant and the NHS is taking good care of you.
At least they have an alternate treatment, that's good news. Decent bit of journeying though which isn't exactly ideal. Hopefully they get someone trained locally relatively soon for you.Todaywell, yesterday actually [but I'm usually late to any party
So, as of next week I'll be visiting hospital 40 miles away every week to have this drug administered by injection under the skin, following an infusion [luckily lasting c 10 minutes iirc] of another one. As far as I [or they?] can tell, it'll be weekly for 10-12 weeks[?], then fortnightly for a similar period then every month from then on. That'll be my Tuesdays mapped out for a while then....
The Consultant is going to try to get these eventually done at our local [very small] hospital, subject [I think] to a suitably trained Member of staff being available. This would be much more convenient and cut out loads of travelling. He also wants a video consultation [the facility is available there, I believe] the day before I undergo treatment #5 at Raigmore hospital in Inverness, presumably to check there have been no cumulative bad side effects.
I did a quick mental calculation of the cost(s) associated with the chemo capsule treatment over these past three years and the figure comes to....
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wait for it....
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be sure you're sitting down....
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........£325,000!
