My Near Death Experience (page 3)

OnTheWayOut

Well, good luck to you. (It looks like all the bad luck is used up for now.) Strength and hope and best wishes to you. I am glad you are still here.

moshe

The greater damage was done by the freeloader in the end.

I used to own a mobile home park and the cries for "Help" were constant- in most cases the bad situation that people found themselves in was the result of a long progression of bad decisions spawned from a large pool of deficient moral character. These people have honed their act well to prey on the good intentions of good people.

I am glad you are going to be OK Randy--

I quit!

Sorry to hear of all your troubles Randy. I hope and pray that this is the end of them. That hospital sounds awful. It should be held accountable for their bad service and negligence.

oldlightnewshite

Wow! I have personal experience of crap hospital care in the UK too. The only bike I use these days is an indoor exercise bike. The roads these days are way too dangerous. I got hit by a drunk driver once.

Hope the aches and pains go away soon.

Take care

mamochan13

Hoping things get better from here on. Take care, Randy!

moshe

Randy, did you wonder, if maybe one of those medical professionals was a JW- rendering crappy care to the "enemy".

Ding

Make sure no one slipped a blood card into your wallet while you were out of it!

panhandlegirl

Randy, I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience with the medication perscribed by your doctor; all medications have side effects. I was once prescribed a drug to lower my cholesterol, I did not have the prescription filled because I hate drugs. A month later, I took care of a patient who had taken the drug that I was prescribed and she could not walk after taking the drug for a month. A few months later, the drug was recalled by the manufacture. It was a statin drug and it was a bad drug.

I would also like to add that when you enter the hospital for any reason, the doctor writes the orders and the nurse follows them. Some procedures require that a patient be, what we in the medical field call, NPO, that means "nothing by mouth (oral). It is for the protection of the patient; your body has to be dry during certain procedures and most certainly for surgery, so that you will not aspirate, that is, get any fluid into the lungs, which could cause aspiration pneumonia or maybe worse. That's one reason iv fluids are administered, to hydrate the patient. What may seem to the patient cruel, is really not bad patient care, it is accepted medical treatment. Because the doctor may not know for certain what procedures he needs to do, he will often not let the patient have anything by mouth until he is certain of what he needs to do.

As for the jamming of needles up your arm all day long, labs are very important for knowing what is going on in your body. The doctor needs to know your bleeding time, how fast you bleed,how well your body coagulates, he needs to know about your hemoglobin, your white blood cells, your potassium,and all the chemisty in your body. Blood draws, sticks, are really not done to torture the patient. They are very important for your proper care.

I am glad you only suffered minor injuries from the hit and run accident. You were wise to go to the hospital because one never knows what hidden injuries there may be, such as a concussion. I wish you a speedy recovery. I cannot believe you pay $1000/month for health insurance, although I pay $800, so I should not be surprised.

I hope you were not offended by what I had to say about your treatment at the hospital, but because I am a RN, I know how patients feel about what we have to do in our care for them. I myself had to do without a drop of water or food for 24 hours while waiting for a brain test and it was terrible. Yes, they did find that I had a brain plus a brain aneurysm. I am fine now, but you never know. I hope the next year is better for you.

PHG.

Lozhasleft

So sorry to hear about your recent struggles Randy. Glad you're out of the hospital. Why people in the caring profession don't see the necessity to care I fail to understand. You will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers.

Loz x

moshe

It could have been worse.--

Good news Randy! Dr Kumquat says you only need three enemas today- not four.

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