Mrs Emma Goode, 35 Archer Road,
Redditch, B98 8DN, 07383109492, 21/02/1990, emmasmith90@yahoo.com
I want this letter to be put on my file. I am sending
this letter to, St Stephens Surgery, Kidderminster Hospital, Alexandra
Hospital, Bodycare Head Office, Worcester Hospital, PIP. I am also going to
email it to the Kidderminster consultant (via his sectary) and universal
credits.
I am really struggling with the pain now. It is getting
more severe every day. It is constant, there never seem to be an end to it. I
never have break now. My partner even asked me when was the last time I had a
day with no pain. It had been that long that I actually could not remember. I
am in bed all day and all night, everyday. I hardly ever go downstairs, and
when I do go downstairs I am down there for a minute if that and then I have to
come back up.
The stairs are becoming more and more harder for me. I'm having
to take one step at a time, with the use of my crutch and the bannister. It's
harder going up the stairs then it is going down. Every step is really painful.
I moan in pain, it literally feels like someone is stabbing me on every step I
take. I have to stop a couple of times going up because the pain is so bad.
Lately I have been feeling sick and on a few occasions I
have been sick, especially after I have ate something. Not much would come up.
Me and my partner has put it down to the amount of Tramadol I have to take to
comprehend with the pain so we have started spreading them out a bit. I also
have been feeling dizzy and faint. I have been getting shooting pains going up
and down my legs too.
Every time I have a bowel movement I get severe chronic pains
all over my belly, abdomen and sides. Lately they have been resulting in
bleeding afterwards.
I am finding it harder to look after myself. Bath and
showers are becoming very few between. My partner has to bring me a damp cloth
for me to have a wipe down and the tea tree oil to help me from smelling. He
also brings me the stuff to brush my teeth that is also becoming more regular.
I am having naps everyday because of the amount of
Tramadol I am taking in the day. They make me very sleepy and I struggle to
stay awake.
It is getting more and more rarer for me to look after my
son, e.g feeding, changing and playing with him, because I spend all of my days
in bed. I can not pick him up because if I do it will put me in sever chronic
pain straightaway. It really upsets me when he wants me and I can not do
anything. It upsets me more when I see him walk away and I hear him playing and
laughing with his dad. I really do not feel like a mother at all. The only time
I feel like I am a mother is when he cuddles up to me in bed and he wants a hug
and kiss.
My belly constantly looks swollen, bloated and tender to
the touch. I sometimes can not rub my hand over it because of how painful it
is. I am now finding it even harder to eat. My appeite has definatly been effected
even more now these past few weeks. Most days I am just snacking on food. I can
not really eat a full meal anymore. Just the thought of food sometimes puts me
off eating. I always feel bloated. I sometimes have to force my self to eat
because I know I need to get some food in me.
I am relying on my partner all the time now. I'm asking
him to do things for me all the time, day and night. I'm even been waking him
up in the night more than usual.
I am not sleeping well at night. I sleep on and off in
the night due to the constant pain. The pain gets worse during the night and
I'm having to Tramadol, but even then that does not help with the pain.
I am breaking down in tears more and more because of 2
reasons. 1, due to the severity of the pain I am in all the time, and 2,
because I really had have enough of this. I want to be back to the way I was
last year. I've had to deal with this pain for 7 months now and I can no longer
cope. I want my operation sooner rather than later. I can no longer wait. I
want it on record and on my file I would like a Hysterctomy if that will stop
the pain. We had already decided this before.
The Tramadol is no longer lasting. I am taking 1 to 2
Tramadols every 4 to 5 hours now. They hardly even touch the pain. I can take 2
Tramadols and still be in severe chronic pain.
I was prescribed Naproxen by Worcester Pain Mangement. I
took it now and then but felt they did not help and my partner asked if they
could be contributing to the pain, as that is one of the side effects. I also
think they were making me feel even sicker than normal so I stopped taking them
since yesterday.
I am walking more and more like an old lady. Very slow
and tiny steps. My partner has noticed I am taking small steps even with my
crutches, toe to heel he said. I am using my crutches all the time now.
Everytime I get up to have a little walk I am using them. I am using both of
them more. Where before I was only using the 1.
My partner even put our spare bed in the living room a
couple of weeks ago, for me to rest on when I am down stairs. I rested on it a couple
of times but because my condition is worsening day by day. I am finding it
harder to get up and down the stairs, and standing or sitting down is harder
now as I am in constant pain. I can only sit down or stand for a couple of
minutes before I am in that much pain, I have to go lay down again.
I am also finding it hard to leave my bedroom. I am
peeing in my jug all the time. I really can not get to the toilet at all which
is right next door. If I need a bowel movement, I really struggle to get there.
It takes me while, I have to stop a few times on the way there and on the way
back because I am in constant severe pain after going.
On Saturday 25th July, I called 111 and they sent out an
Ambulance. They checked my vitals and they was fine. They said I could go to
A+E if I wanted to but they would not do more there then they did because I am
not classed as an emergency. I already decided to go with my partner. Then I
found out from his mum that I would be on my own and that my partner would not
be allowed to be with me because of the Coronavirus. I wanted my partner there
to help them to understand what I have been going through, plus I dont always
understand what the doctors and nurses are telling me, and he helps me to
understand. So I decided to stay at home and rest in bed instead.
I am really asking for help and to be seen to sooner
rather than longer. I really dont know how I can cope any longer. As I am
typing this I am in severe chronic pain. It is never ending now.
Thank you for taking your time in reading this letter.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Mrs Emma Goode.
Emmas Partner – Stuart
Emma has most definitely gotten worse, to the extent she
can barely move now and certainly not without her crutches. I don’t think she
is ever downstairs now for more than 10minutes or so on average in a whole day
as its that hard for her to just get about.
Most of the time she stays upstairs in bed to cope with
the continous pain she is in. I am happier when she is asleep as that’s the
only time I know now she is not suffering.
I am begging begging begging you or whoever to do
whatever you can to get emma seen as soon as possible. I am not trying to get
to the front of the que, but I am category telling you in this letter her
condition has degraded to such an extent, she is no longer coping that well,
and I am really worried and concerned for her.
I can hear her whimpering in pain from time to time now,
and that’s when shes in bed lying down upstairs. That never used to happen. She
never has a single day without pain, and is nearly always in some degree of
suffering.
I did put a spare bed in the front room so she could
atleast be around us from time to time, but she seems to have gotten so bad
that she doesn’t want to use it.
Please please please, do whatever you can for my emma, I
am so worried and concerned for her and I don’t know how long she will be able
to cope any more, as she really has got that bad.
If there is someone else I need to appeal to or air my
concerns with, please let me know so I can write them a letter. If there is
someone else out there that might be able to help us make this happen quicker
please can you give us their address and I will gladly write to them.
I have also included the Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists address as they seem to be the decision makers, as to whether
the ‘switch on’ can take place or not. I am appealing that you bring your
decision forward, or at least make an allowance for my girlfriends
deteriorating health condition. If there is someone else I need to write to can
you please let me know in a written response thank you very much.
We have also included some of emmas latest diary for the
last week or so to keep you up to date and informed on emmas condition. She has
kept a detailed diary from the start in january to present day in the hope that
it would help the NHS help us. If you would like a digital pdf or word copy
please let us know and we will gladly send it to you. Please let us know if you
need anything else from us.
All the very best to each and everyone of you, and know
that I really do appreciate everything you have already done.
Peace and blessings to you all
Stu
