My house is NOT spotless.... feel as if some spiders are out to get me with their dangling webs after spending years trying to stabilise the vision in one eye with the aid of my consultant,.
I found that during the first lockdown, their aid seemed not available in any of the departments which had been helping me. Switchboard suggested I dial 111 when the vision in my bad eye deteriorated. I have nothing but praise for the ambulance service who arrived within a few minutes of the call and the crew knew what they were doing. Unfortunately I had been directed by the doctor( who did not know what he was about) to whom I had spoken to a hospital mostly designated for COVID patients and which I knew had no eye department There was an exciting chase along a corridor being pushed at full speed by the ambulance men ( my great problem is with one eye, not my legs ) with hospital guardians shouting COVID or NON-covID? My ambulance men were waving the bit of coloured card to say I was 'clean'
Saw a doctor very quickly who said I should have gone to a different hospital as both I and my ambulance men knew/
I asked that the ambulance be recalled to take me to a more relevant hospital. I was told to go home and redial the ambulance service if my eye became worse. At that, I was deposited at the entrance and told to call a taxi. I was 20 miles from home, do not use a mobile phone ( Yes, one of those awkward aged people) I was so annoyed at the lack of listening by the original doctor and the waste of my time and nHS resources
So Yes, my vision DID go in tht eye. I was offered a phone appointment by a very stressed consultant. This is not much use if one is suffering from a deteriorated eye condition. She was working under impossible circumstances
Good things..... We had not downsized so I know my house pretty well and have been practicing negotiating the place blindfold as i was also informed that the vision in my 'good' eye would deteriorate too but, as with the reopening of schools, there can be no time frame
My family ( mostly far away and abroad,) are very supportive and all Skype me regularly They have been stalwart in their support as I am also caring for an elderly frail husband
The neighbours in a spread out hamlet have been most thoughtful and helpful but as they have small children to home school, and working from home I do not like to impose further shopping requirements on them.
I am quite happy and accept the situation on the whole but HATE the mantra ' Save the NHS' which comes before lives and civilisation in our country. It is like a religion which is now outmoded
so both good an bad has come out of it and I have much closer ties with my family