Today I was ashamed

[cardiac case]

Today my Mother in law had a bit of a turn. She's 94, and bedridden, bless.

The carers called her GP and he called us and we dialled 999. We got to her house and a first responder
was already there. A Paramedic in an estate car turned up and parked outside. The ambulance arrived
a few minutes later, drove past, and did a three point turn in the narrow road to come back and park by
the paramedic. Just then a cyclist came by, passed the paramedics car and tried to cut across the front of the ambulance as it was turning. The driver blew his horn but the cyclist wobbled past, a mere foot or so
from the ambulance front grill.

At that point I was ashamed to admit that I too am a cyclist. If it wasn't for other things on my mind I would
have chased after him and......
Guess the rest.

Mums in the West Suffolk and will be assessed again in the morning.

Paul G

 

[Dave 123]

Seems that more and more people are only interested in themselves whatever the situation, and it's not just cyclists.

Hope your mum is ok.

 

[VintageRuby]

what a stupid bloody pillock! Cutting off the very people who could save his life if they were driving just a smidgen faster... Some people's stupidity astounds me
Hope your MIL will better soon

 

[Slick]

No need for any shame on your part, your not responsible for the actions of all cyclists.

I hope mum gets better news in the morning.

 

[400bhp]

You're ashamed?

Odd.

 

[Drago]

Idiots use all forms of transport. Hope your Ma is ok.

 

[Hyslop]

My Mum is 96,I can imagine the pressures upon you all,so,my very best thoughts to you all.

 

[gavroche]

Forget about the cyclist, your mum comes first and hope she is ok.

 

[Markymark]

If I see an ambulance without blues and 2s I still assume it's doing something more important than 5s of my time so I always give priority.

 

[rualexander]

It took three phone calls to arrange for the ambulance? Neither the carers or the GP thought to do so? Strange sequence of events.

 

[Globalti]

Some - not all - GPs tend to write old people off and don't react with the same urgency as if it was somebody young and fit. We know this because we have just come out of a year nursing my MIL aged 82 as she died with ovarian cancer. We have renamed our regular GP "Dr two-weeks" after the time he reluctantly visited her and then asked, in her hearing: "Why am I here? Have you got her end-of-life plan set up? She's probably only got two weeks left!"

My mum aged 86 and extremely fit will also confirm that many GPs write you off and you need to be persistent if you want them to take any action. I write this with the greatest respect for the medical profession and as a doctor's son.

Mrs Gti has been feeling unwell for a few weeks and had an episode of severe pain a couple of weeks ago, enough to get her into A&E. Then she remembered that her dad and her aunt and uncle have all had gallstones. The GP wasn't too bothered about it, saying she doesn't fit the typical profile, whatever that is. However she insisted that she wanted a scan (she's had to do a lot of insisting while looking after her mum). Lo and behold, the scan reveals a large gallstone.

 

[steve50]

Not just Gp's but hospital doctors as well, I had to take my 87 year old mum to hospital a few weeks ago to have a support boot removed (she had multiple fractures of her left foot) , the nurse ushered us into a small room then the doctor appeared, he spoke directly to me but mum was sat just inches away, he stated mums skeleton was in a very bad way due to osteoporosis and given her heart condition and various other health issues.............he then just shrugged his shoulders and walked back into his office. To say I was taken aback and somewhat disgusted with his mannerism would be an understatement, fortunately mum is somewhat deaf which in this case was a good thing as she didn't hear everything the doctor said.

 

[lutonloony]

hope MIL better soon, sadly there are far too many people that are too concerned about number 1

 

[Dogtrousers]

Best wishes to your MiL

But when I see selfish or dangerous behaviour from other drivers or pedestrians or train users it doesn't make me ashamed. Nor for cyclists. We're not a club.

 

[jefmcg]

I saw a car nip into the gap created by other drivers moving aside for an ambulance . I felt no shame as a driver. . . OK, maybe a little as a human .