hi and thanks to all, sorry about the impersonal thanks to all but there are so many supportive people here :) PaulaN, I am so glad to hear about you also, I felt a bit alien with the added prob of paraplegia as it really does, but shouldn't complicate things. about the hiring of a sling, I called our local walk on wheels which is a mobility shop and they do hire sling lifters. I was going to hire one for the day and they would have dropped it down there. I called PRP the next day and they said, we cant use one anyway as the camera is under the CT scanner and so the legs of the lifter will not go under it. I replied, that if an ambo is used they wont wait around. She said we will call them to come and pick you up. I replied that it could be quite a wait, maybe a couple of hours as they area always flat out, and in the meantime I am on your CT table while you have others waiting to use it. She replied, we will use a pat slide to move you across to a ''NORMAL TROLLEY". i jumped at that and said, "so ok, you can transfer me to a normal trolley with a pat slide from the CT? so why then cant you use a lifter to put me on the normal trolley in the first place and use the pat slide to transfer to the CT table?" I got no reply to that one.
My breast care nurse, Sue, has already tried, as has the surgeon, no luck.
Also Primek, you have been a great researcher for me, so tops to that too !! and mum2jj, thanks for connecting me with paula. You are all so awesome, Ive never been one to use forums, so when this one was recommended I was a little hesitant, so glad I decided to put myself out there!