My husband went to A&E early one morning having been seen by paramedics at home. By lunchtime he had been diagnosed with two brain tumours. He was admitted to Ward ARU 4.
I would like to thank two nurses on that ward. One gave me a telephone number to ring if I needed to talk to someone, even if it were 4.00 hours. I was returning to an empty house. The other one said I would find a strength I didn't know I had. I was well aware the prognosis was poor.
I held onto these two kindnesses when subsequently two nurses and one doctor behaved in what I considered to be a very insensitive way during the following three weeks we spent in the hospital.
Many thanks to these two nurses who helped me so much at such a difficult time.
"Diagnosis of brain tumour"
About: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow / Acute Receiving Unit (Units 1-5) Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow Acute Receiving Unit (Units 1-5) Glasgow G51 4TF Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow / Neurosurgery (Ward 64 – 66) Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow Neurosurgery (Ward 64 – 66) Glasgow G51 4TF
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