"Post surgery recovery"

Twice I have had surgery at Wishaw and twice I have had underwhelming and uncompassionate care in recovery.

The 1st time I was very sedated so my blood pressure was low and I was hard to wake up. When I was awake I was light headed and yucky. My blood pressure was so low that every time I sat up or moved my blood pressure dropped to the point I would pass out and wake with nurses trying to bring me round. I genuinely though it was causing me to hallucinate however turns out I was not!! A staff nurse told me I was faking low blood pressure! This was witnessed by 3 other patients in recovery lounge, I was so upset about this that I forced my self out of bed and discharged myself home with care of family.

The 2nd operation I was taken to theatre hours late. I know there are pressures but when I asked how long I would be I was told that I just need to wait will be taken when your taken and that I wasn't a priority!

I felt the nurses tone was derogatory and in my opinion clearly couldn't be bothered with patients.

After surgery, a nurse came to me and told me to get up, and have a drink and something to eat. They told me that once I'd eaten, they needed to strip the bed and that they knew I was fit to go home. I said I was feeling queezy. They replied that we don't have time for queeziness and that I was the last patient. I felt that this nurse wanted me gone and it must have been near her finish time? 

In both instances I felt there was zero care and compassion. 

I have never had such poor treatment as that at Wishaw