It's been a long and painful five years for Joan Brown.
A Glasgow granny has lived with constant pain waiting more than five years for hip replacement surgery.
The 60-year-old mother of six says she is unable to walk much more than a few steps unaided and needs a wheelchair and walking frame, the Sunday Mail reports.She takes morphine every four hours to help her cope with the pain in her right knee and both hips and is desperate to get her life back.Joan, from Parkhead, said: "It has been a long wait and the pain has been getting worse. If the operation is a success, I am hoping to get surgery on my other hip and my knees.
In the past three years, Joan has rarely left home and her son Scott had to give up work to become her full-time carer. She needs help each day with dressing, washing and cooking and has fallen down her stairs several times. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.
Joan was given the good news on Tuesday following a complaint by Clerkin last month to Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board. In his response, director Neil McCallum said: "I'd like to wish Ms Brown well for her surgery and to apologise for the distress the delay may have caused."But hospital sources claimed Joan was advised at her 2018 appointment to speak to her GP if she needed more treatment. She was put on the waiting list after she was seen in December 2021.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Royal family wear royal blue for traditional Easter Sunday church servicePrince Louis walked hand-in-hand with his mother Kate as the royal family wore blue to the traditional Easter Sunday church service in Windsory
Read more »
Legendary director of Glasgow Print Studio steps down after 40 years'It is true to say that without the foresight of John Mackechnie, the artistic quarter in the Trongate area of the city may never have come to fruition'
Read more »
Glasgow business to relocate after 13 years as parking charges 'quadruple'A Glasgow business has decided to move after more than a decade following the recent hike in parking charges 📈
Read more »
Young Glasgow student told she has stage 4 cancer years after 'glaring' symptomsLaila Hudson was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer after being treated for various conditions including anaemia and IBS and underwent treatment for an ovarian tumour before her cancer was discovered.
Read more »
Three Glasgow men arrested in connection with 'violent attack' in Govanhill parkThree men have been arrested and charged after a 56 year-old man was left seriously injured after an alleged unprovoked attack while walking through Govanhill park.
Read more »
Man hospitalised after being hit by vehicle on Glasgow roadA man was taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle on a Glasgow road.
Read more »