Our travel to the hospital far away.

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Ever get that feeling when you are so hungry that your stomach sits empty and flat against your backbone?
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Try the doctor's order of nil per mouth from 10am until 15:00hrs the next day.

I was happy to think that the endoscopy scan the next morning would last the maximum of about 2 hours, and that it would be a quick in and out affair. But a big surprise was waiting for me.
You can read all about it in my previous post HERE
So let me show you our travel on the first day.

This is the place where we were going to stay. See the 3 palm tree trunks at the right?
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This is the tops of those palm tree trunks.
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We stopped on the way here to open an admissions file at the hospital and we were told to be there the next morning at 5am. Just opening the file took us half of the day and I will explain at the end of the post.
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So, eventually we got to the place where we were to stay in the late afternoon, and I took some photos of the views.
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A lovely scene was behind that building roof top in the photo above.
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Some sort of sports stadium was towards the right of my view.
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And here on the ridge of a hill was a line of trees.
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Things were rapidly getting darker.
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And the clouds told me that nightfall was imminent.
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Wow! The golden sky was such a pleasure to see.
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And finally, it was nighttime.
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We thought that if we were to stop at the hospital the day before the procedure, to open an admission file, then it would save us time the next morning, as we could then go straight to the doctor's rooms on the 7th floor.
It is a huge old building, and we were sent from pillar to post just trying to find the location of the reception. It is a government hospital and there were queues of sick people everywhere.
We enquired at the security desk and they said that we should go to the 5th floor East. We were to walk through a very long passage to get to a lift and as we arrived on the 5th floor there were only wards.

But it gets worse, as a staff member told us that we should go to the 3rd floor on the West side, again along a very long passage to get to the lift on the other side. At the 3rd floor, they told us that no, we need to go back to the ground floor along a very long passage to get to the lift on the East side. By now my bad knee was screaming into my ear.
Finally we got to the 7th floor and the admissions file was opened. I think that we were something like number 65 in the queue for the next day.
And this all took place even before my procedure the next morning, where another nightmare awaited us.
This post is getting a bit long and I will tell you in another post what happened on day 2. The day of my procedure.
Such is life.

I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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A pleasure to see that golden sky, it was the photo I liked the most. The place itself is beautiful, the landscapes and the buildings with a certain air of antiquity, a paradise

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Thank you and many of the buildings and houses are classified with heritage status. Meaning that they are more than 100 years old. Cape town is filled with historical stuff and many of the farms were established in the 1800s. One of our favorite farms to visit was established in 1629.

!PIZZA

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When I have to wait so long in any bank or hospital, I just open hive and interacts there.

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Good for you, but we are not allowed to take any electronic devices into the hospitals.
To pass the time, I read newspapers and my wife reads a book.

!WINEX

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I have felt that kind of hunger so many times
Also, you have shared a lot of beautiful pictures
I like them!!!

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Yep! Same here, as I have had many nil's per mouth!
Just sharing my passion for nature.
Glad that you like the photos.

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I often think going to hospitals, or getting the bills from specialists afterwards is enough to make one more sick. Why they send one through these mazes to get to the right ward/section, really beats me!
I must see now if you're written part 2. I hope they've discovered what the problem is 🙏

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Funny how life works out. The first time that they did all of the tests, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, full blood tests etcetera was in a private hospital by specialists. We are on the second lowest level of our medical aid and now we are almost broke. So, the source of the bleeding was not found and I am still on the critical low iron count.

Our GP advised that the problem might be in my inner intestine and the only way that they can get in there is with an endoscopy (the capsule pill), that costs a fortune and due to our finances now being depleted, he put in an application for me at a government hospital to do the endoscopy.

By grace they accepted me, as I qualified due to my low monthly income and we went to have the endoscopy done. At least that's what we expected. But not to be as the new doctor insisted that we should repeat the entire process.

So now the gastroscopy was done and he already found some areas to be cauterized and he will do this in part 2 during the colonoscopy. He said that he might also find more blood lesions during the colonoscopy and will cauterize them at the same time. It will take place now during May.

So that's the full story thus far and I think that you know how horrible these procedures are !LOL

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Oh no, just hearing the word makes me cringe, but I just found the prep awful, I am sure it will not be so bad, but this sounds promising I must say!

I'm not so impressed with some private hospitals, nor our medical aid, who have always been good!
The ER where we took hubby is in one of our best hospitals around here but the staff were not professional at all; chattering away and laughing in the duty room, and then the nurse just about stabbed hubby when she gave him an injection for pain. He's used to injecting so is not squeamish at all, has done so since the age of 8, but I saw how this nurse just carelessly stuck the needle in, and he was not happy. Months later he still has pain in his upper arm, but then it could also be from the Tetanus injection he had in Jan after his fall. I read up about it as I've been having tremendous pain that started a while after having a tetanus injection when our adopted cat bit me! Apparently, many people suffer for months, some for life from shoulder injuries, related to incorrect vaccine injections.
Ag, that's my moan my friend, but as for your worrying condition, it sounds like this doctor is on the right track, praying so for both your sakes, you can't carry on like this!
Enjoy your Monday.

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Oh yes, promising indeed and I will just endure in the hope that things will improve. They also diagnosed me with an inflamed stomach and I now have to take a course of the hated anti-biotics.

Medical aids and some hospitals suck, yet others are a blessing due to professional service by the staff.

Yes, I agree, as they are careless with the injections, and I have a blue mark on my arm bigger than a tennis ball. Like your hubby, we know when a person does a good injection, or a bad one. Sometimes to take blood, they push the needle right through the artery and then slowly draw it back until the blood flows into the vial and that is what causes the blue marks.

I feel for you with that Tetanus injection and once again, it has to be administered correctly. That's only part of it, as you are correct that some people suffer severely after they had one. At the old house, a squirrel bit Marian and to please her, we both had a Tet injection with no side effects.
I really hope that your hubby's pain in his arm will get better soon.

You are not moaning, as we are not talking about small things here Lady Lizzie, as I understand where you are coming from. One day without pain is like a holiday for us.
Thankfully the new doctor is overqualified and as preparation is always 90% of any good job, I just have to endure the stomach prep when the time arrives for the second scope.
We are praying about it and also for you guys.

!PIZZA and !LUV

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