I went back to Lutycka hospital today with Z to talk to the surgeon who will do the operation on the gall stones. Unfortunately, it will not take place immediately or even in the near future. The story goes like this............
There are two ways the operation can be scheduled. The first is pre-scheduled and cannot be performed before February of next year. The doctor who will perform it is on vacation for December and January. Before this operation is possible I must have two hepatitis B vaccinations. It takes 6 weeks for those, first one, wait 4 weeks and then the other.
The other way is to get the vaccinations. both of them, call back to the doctor and tell him I have the vaccinations and he will put me on his normal operation schedule during his work. This could take anywhere from two days to six weeks. So today I called and made an appointment with my general doctor for the first shot tomorrow, October 21st. 4 weeks later it will be November 17th, then the second shot. Two weeks later I can call him and ask to be scheduled. Then it will be December 1st. He goes on vacation December 10th so if I don't make it to the operating room by then I will have to wait until February. Sound complicated? It's the Polish national health care system at work.
Wróciłem do szpitala Lutycka dzisiaj z Z by powiedzieć do chirurga, który zrobi operację na kamieniach żółci. Niestety, to nie będzie mieć miejsce natychmiast albo nawet w blisko przyszłego. Historia chodzi w ten sposób............
Tam są dwie drogi operacja może być zaplanowana. Pierwszy jest pre-zaplanowany i nie może być wykonany przed lutym przyszłego roku. Doktor, który wystąpi to jest na wakacjach na grudzień i styczeń. Zanim ta operacja będzie możliwa muszę mieć dwa zapalenie wątroby B szczepienia. To zajmie 6 tygodni dla tych, po pierwsze jeden, czekają 4 tygodni i wtedy inny.
Inna droga ma dostać szczepieniom. oba z nich, oddzwonić do doktora i powiedzieć mu mam szczepienia i on położy mnie na jego normalnym planie operacji podczas jego pracy. To mogłoby wziąć gdziekolwiek od dwu dni do sześciu tygodni. Tak dzisiaj zawołałem i zrobiłem umówiony termin z moim ogólnym doktorem dla pierwszego strzelonego jutro, października 21.. 4 tygodnie później to będzie listopad 17., wtedy drugi strzał. Dwa tygodnie później mogę zawołać go i poprosić ć zaplanowany. Wtedy to będzie grudzień 1.. On idzie na grudniu wakacji 10. tak jeżeli nie robię tego do sali operacyjnej do wtedy będę musiał czekać aż do lutego. Dźwięk skomplikowany? To jest polski narodowy system opieki medycznej przy pracy.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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David sorry to hear that you have been given the run around.. permit me to suggest two options, firstly a visit the the US embassy and speak to a welfare worker, you are a US citizen and served in the armed forces, they might be able to give you better options, second and please don't take it the wrong way is to hand over a brown envelope ie say $1000US and ask him if this will fix the problem.. I suspect waiting to next year is by far too long and your condition may get worse.
How is poor Joan taking all this, omg I feel sorry for her
Marek,
I have already found an "option" but still must wait until I have these two hepatitis shots. Then I will have the operation so it should not be more than two months.
Joan is spending all of her time in cookbooks trying to find things to prepare that I can eat. Thanks for asking about her.
I don't want to sound like I am condoning bribery but a thousand bucks is overkill in this kind of a situation.
Anyhow, David, I wish you all the best. Ask around what you'll need to pack. It depends on the hospital, but you will need your pjs, robe, slippers of course but also toilet paper, a good hand soap (in one hospital the dr used my soap and bath towel to wash his hands!) a mug and cutlery and some food and beverages. Sometimes you have to have your own thermometer and sometimes they give you a prescription (as an admitted patient) for medicine you need for your stay and/or operation and you have to buy it yourself somehow despite the fact that you are unable to leave the hospital and there's no pharmacy.
Good luck
Chris
Response to Chris.
$1000 is not a overkill if you worthy your life, Polish doctors know the high price of medical treatment in the US and that amount is nothing, further you forgot to mention bed sheets as they are not supplied in most hospitals.(in summer fans need to be considered)
In the US this would be laproscope surgery -- a one inch incision. You may wish to ask if it is done this way in Poland. The methods there are as modern as most in the states. And Hep B is a precaution for both you and health workers. It is spread by contaminated blood. Neither one on either side wants to take a chance. It sounds like a good precaution for elective surgery to me. What kind of diet? Maybe I can help, too.
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