Yes please although probably will have to disappear the last week of October.
Would love to join in again Max
Yes please max @MaxPringJewellery . Hope your husband makes a swift recovery Carol @Knittingtopia x
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Thinking of you both Carol, and sending your husband all possibly healing thoughts 
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Oh no Carol, Iām so sorry to hear that. I hope he makes a speedy recovery lovely xx
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Sorry to hear your husband is in hospital Carol, I hope he is on the road to recovery and you have him back home soon. x
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Thank you @SueTrevor, @aquilacrafts, @GlintBeads, @MaxPringJewellery and @erkinwald.
A long post but hereās whatās happened.
My hubby was taken ill while he was at work. He had muscle aches in both arms, and across his shoulders, he felt nauseated and dizzy and he got pins and needles. He didnāt think much of it so drove himself home. We thought it best to get him to the hospital to get checked as alarm bells started ringing when he mentioned the pins and needles.
He went to our local hospital here in Maidstone, Kent and they done various blood tests and an ecg and they said he had had a very mild heart attack. They decided they were keeping him in hospital for a few days to monitor him. I went to the hospital that evening (Thursday) to take him some things in for him and to see how he was. He was his normal self and other than being connected to a heart monitor you wouldnāt think there was anything wrong with him. The monitor alarm kept going off whilst I was there but the staff were in no hurry to attend to him and it was all very laid back and not too much to worry about.
On Friday morning we were messaging each other just to see how he was and general chit chat. Then late morning he phoned me and said they were going to be doing an angiogram and probably send him to St Thomasās Hospital in London. Then within minutes he was in the back of an ambulance and on blues and twos to St Thomasās where upon arrival the operating theatre were ready waiting for him. At this stage he had not had the angiogram. They have fitted him with a stent.
I phoned St Thomasās Friday evening which was when I found all this out. It took me and hour and half of phoning before I found where he was in the hospital 
They kept giving me different numbers to call and either he wasnāt there or there was no answer and I was cut off. As Iām sure you can imagine I was starting to loose my 
.
Eventually found the ward he is on and was told about the stent. They were also concerned that he was not recovering as quickly as he should have been and he was very confused so they done a brain scan to check if he had also had a stroke. They let me talk to him, he didnāt sound confused by then but he did sound out of breath. He said he felt rough and sick and was refusing food.
I phoned again this morning and his brain scan is clear. It turns out he had an allergic reaction to the dye that was put in him when they were inserting the stent. Iāve also had a few video calls with hubby and he is feeling so much better and he ate all 3 meals. He still has a headache from the dye reaction but on the whole feels OK. He said that he remembered talking to me on the hospital phone yesterday evening but he couldnāt remember what was said. He said he was so confused that he picked his mobile phone up but didnāt know how to use it. He also had no idea where he was in the hospital no one had told him what ward he is on.
He has a heart monitor on which is like a mobile phone so he can get up and walk about. Heās pretty impressed that he can see big Ben out his window 
.
I have asked the hospital how it went from being a āvery mildā heart attack to suddenly being a full blown life and death emergency (it was only the 1 heart attack as far as we are aware at the moment) They canāt give me an answer to that but they will be doing another angiogram on Monday and I am to phone then to hopefully get some answers. Hubby isnāt best at taking in info and asking the right questions so although I can talk to him directly, I still phone to speak to medical staff. Hopefully he will be back in Maidstone hospital on Tuesday or Wednesday. For those not from my area, getting to St Thomasās is a nightmare and the train strikes donāt help. If heās there for too long a period I will travel to see him but for now weāre just keeping in contact via phone and video calls.
So, I lost my mum in March 2021, in December 2021 my brother was diagnosed with heart 
and kidney failure and now this with hubby.
Itās just as well Iām trained in CPR!
Iāve just taken my shop off of holiday mode but sorry, I still wonāt be joining in with the daily listing thread.
Hubbyās view of the houses of Parliament and big Ben.
Thank you for all your support. It means so much
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Carol, let us know if there is anything we can do, if only as a listening group, which I know from experience can be an enormous relief - and one I found easier from people slightly distanced from me, as we are.
I think chat groups can be wonderful therapists.
Meanwhile my thoughts are with you both, and if thoughts have power, then this group will have him home in no time.
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Iām so sorry Carol! XxxX
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Carol I am so sorry I hear about your hubby. As the others have asked are here for a vent.
Big hugs x
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What a worrying few days Carol, I hope you get all the answers soon and that your husband is soon back with you x
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My goodness Carol how distressing, my thoughts are with you both. Thank goodness for the NHS to have acted so quickly, hoping he will be home soon. Take care of yourself. xx
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Hi Carol,
Very sorry to hear your husband is in hospital and unwell. I can understand your frustration and I hope you are closer to understanding what happened. I hope you hubby is feeling better each day and you can get him home. Iām so glad you went with your instinct and got help right away.
If you need anything please let us know and keep us updated.
S
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How awful Carol, not just for your husband but for you too. I hope heās on the mend and will be with you at home soon.
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Oh my goodness Carol 
So very sorry to hear what your hubby has been going through. I hope you manage to get answers to your questions and concerns, and that he gets the treatment he needs and makes a full and speedy recovery. Love to you both xxx
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