tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post6333955158034327161..comments2024-03-28T10:32:27.517+03:00Comments on Stories from the trauma bay: Listen to meDocBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-13349029666430250772017-10-03T07:40:50.704+03:002017-10-03T07:40:50.704+03:00I hear contrating that amongst those with low IQs ...I hear contrating that amongst those with low IQs can result in a chronic case of face palming.Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626470287391577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-21360738671953075882017-10-03T05:56:36.097+03:002017-10-03T05:56:36.097+03:00either he has been on vacation, or people in his a...either he has been on vacation, or people in his area have come down with a severe case of intelligence...Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-24778177946690706292017-10-02T19:41:56.607+03:002017-10-02T19:41:56.607+03:00Its been 2 weeks since doc last posted should we b...Its been 2 weeks since doc last posted should we be worried?Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626470287391577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-49752800418873486442017-09-23T23:50:28.243+03:002017-09-23T23:50:28.243+03:00I was recently re-admitted to hospital with flarin...I was recently re-admitted to hospital with flaring vasculitis chewing up my kidneys.. I have to admit to a huge impulse to deny/downplay my symptoms. It's very disruptive having to stay in hospital, and there is an irrational part of me that is saying 'if I'm not in hospital then this isn't happening'. On the other hand I did make sure I was fully compliant on treatment. And diet. And physio.. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729454651003425550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-45093331943189094072017-09-23T18:01:27.804+03:002017-09-23T18:01:27.804+03:00good news from the past week: I've been worryi...good news from the past week: I've been worrying about a child who ran in front of a car. got insider word the child will recover.<br /><br />one of the worst things about emergency response is that we rarely hear the outcome, unless it is a DOA. so I appreciate the person who reached out and told our person the good news.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-80568520449034378862017-09-21T16:15:03.745+03:002017-09-21T16:15:03.745+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-55191891518817418932017-09-21T06:06:38.789+03:002017-09-21T06:06:38.789+03:00I don't know how the hell he did it--all I kno...I don't know how the hell he did it--all I know is that every time I've been cut into, while I might love the idea of being able to recuperate in my own bed, the *last* damn thing I'd be able to do would be to get up and leave the hospital. (Granted, you were mainly just poking around in him, whereas I had a foot of my sigmoid colon yanked out, no thanks to a nasty case of hereditary diverticular disease, but my point remains: surgery is a major shock to the system, damn it.) <br /><br />I also feel your pain about the "need to have a BM before we'll feed you" bit, Cali--of course, if you're having scheduled bowel surgery, you need to do the complete prep routine to make absolutely positively sure there's *nothing* left in there to interfere in any fashion (quite reasonable, really). What's not reasonable, though, is expecting me to take a dump for you after 3 days of not eating AND a bout with Go-Lytely that the latter won in a knockout--just WTF is supposed to be in there for me to excrete, anyway? (I'd already been warned about all of this by my dad, from whom I got the messed-up colon and who had already had the same surgery, albeit at a later age than I did, and somehow I manage to produce a teeny little BM that still counted...but °damn*, people, really...)<br />RobinTMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09326597489391305116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-8508039214200682962017-09-21T03:27:32.018+03:002017-09-21T03:27:32.018+03:00good luck. nothing worse than an uncooperative pa...good luck. nothing worse than an uncooperative patient.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-38623861243679642492017-09-21T02:55:31.438+03:002017-09-21T02:55:31.438+03:00Hi Connor thanks, mine;s a pint of mint baileys (o...Hi Connor thanks, mine;s a pint of mint baileys (or orange truffle baileys) please.<br /><br />Cheer!Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-66516069248338605202017-09-20T19:26:07.221+03:002017-09-20T19:26:07.221+03:00Someone get this girl a stiff drink! You deserve o...Someone get this girl a stiff drink! You deserve one for all the trouble you go throughConnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626470287391577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-52634678408636593872017-09-20T18:35:53.040+03:002017-09-20T18:35:53.040+03:00Big Hugs Cali and Ken and thank you for what you d...Big Hugs Cali and Ken and thank you for what you do.<br /><br />Doc does great online medicine especially when my uncle who has just started dialysis via a neck line (12th session today) who needs a heart bypass and at least one valve replacement and is diabetic(was diet controlled now they are looking at medication) cheats on his diet/fluid restrictions and when he was sent home today with diet sheets to control his potassium and phosphorus levels (why is is one one diet is is OK and on the other it is a no no?) and in both sheets they say certain fruits are OK to eat and he has to limit them because of his diabetes, he shakes his head, mutters newp repeatedly under his breath and goes into instant mega sulk because it means he can't eat or has to limit his favorite foods that he pigs out on.<br />When i say i will have to have a chatette with his dietician to see what workarounds i can come up with he bitched that you(meaning me) will get them to do what you want. He refuses to accept that my suggestions and ideas regarding treatment do work and they wouldn't do them if they knew it wouldn't work/help. He hates when they tell him that i am doing a good job at keeping him alive as long as i have.<br />He went into hospital with one thing and everything else joined the party giving him a 5% chance of walking out alive. Since then he is regularly admitted because he cheats on his diet/ refuses to tell me when he isn't feeling well so i have to play 20 questions and watch his body language/ lies to the medical staff to get discharged on the grounds he doesn't want to be in hospital, he feels fine and there is nothing wrong with him (yeah right when he looked like death warmed up, got discharged, was frequently sick and not well and after 2 days admitted he felt a bit poorly and was readmitted with a massive kidney abscess and was in for 5 weeks with drains everywhere) For 18 months i was telling all his doctors,consultants, nurses that he was shwoing all the signs of heart failure and he denied it said i was fixated on his heart, it was perfectly fine etc. Turns out i was right. Severe aortic stenosis, sloppy valves and other stuff so they had to play catch up. They can't operate yet as they need to get him stable on dialysis and lose some weight and they can't put ab AV fistula in as as soon as they do the heart op it will collapse plus putting one in will make his heart failure worse. They are all now going to talk to each other to decide what can be done.<br /><br />meanwhile he has just stomped out with his walker to get his papers (albeit very slowly due to breathlessness, a little storm cloud on the move. Sigh)<br /><br />Happy wednesday xxTania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-51355026050624569502017-09-20T17:23:26.908+03:002017-09-20T17:23:26.908+03:00we had a very messy week over the last 7 days, her...we had a very messy week over the last 7 days, here. some of it might have even made it to your news.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-46060025287561774062017-09-20T16:17:59.316+03:002017-09-20T16:17:59.316+03:00Thanks Doc. I work with a guy, morbidly obese, sm...Thanks Doc. I work with a guy, morbidly obese, smokes and yes diabetes. Like your guy, he has selective hearing. According to him, his doctor says he is healthy. Why because he does not have high blood pressure......grrr arrrgUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902019191943875255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-88445519528181291712017-09-20T11:37:27.237+03:002017-09-20T11:37:27.237+03:00I had a C-section and they did morphine in my epid...I had a C-section and they did morphine in my epidural and IV right after I was buttoned back up.. <br />Two days later nurse comes in and says, "let's see if your bowels are awake", pulls on the white gloves and starts to pull back the metallic wrapping on what I eye-spy as a suppository.. <br />I look at the nurse and ask, "what is that and why the gloves?".. She says, "well we need you to have a BM before we can feed you".. <br />I think I had a horrified look of "oh hell no, not today Satan", because she tried to comfort me and let me know she does it all the time.. My expression and statement of you don't do it all the time to me, so nope and no.. <br />Sorry ma'am but your professional anus touching fingers are not going to penetrate my orifice today.. I had to fight to stick my own suppository up my own ass.. Hearing the lecture about how it needs to be inserted high in to the rectum reinforced the fact I'll go knuckle deep in my own fartbox today, thank you very much.. <br />Sometimes Doc we want to make sure we didn't leave the toaster on at home and come back later, or in my case rectal dive by myself. <br />I did do it, was getting all nice and comfy and someone knocked on my door and I got stage freight and I couldn't 💩.. So her colon escapade would have been all for not.. <br /><br />It's been a long rough week/day at work- I almost walked off and quit. Thank you for letting us be a bit goofy on your awesome posts, letting us express ourselves in a respectful way.. Keep up the good work and you are my online medicine tonight when all I wanted to do was cry..Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-81645876277230887062017-09-20T11:15:20.799+03:002017-09-20T11:15:20.799+03:00Ugi-
Hahahahaha 3 year old drinking out of the toi...Ugi-<br />Hahahahaha 3 year old drinking out of the toilet.. lmao I'm dying over here.. <br />Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-79385377987374884222017-09-20T01:52:43.891+03:002017-09-20T01:52:43.891+03:00To quote walking dead:stuff....things...To quote walking dead:stuff....things...Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626470287391577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-19663606643988259742017-09-20T01:51:47.262+03:002017-09-20T01:51:47.262+03:00He took care of his stuff at home apparentlyHe took care of his stuff at home apparentlyConnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626470287391577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-20578597913256329002017-09-19T21:59:41.545+03:002017-09-19T21:59:41.545+03:00but on the other hand, he'd have more free tim...but on the other hand, he'd have more free time to write about the stupid ones.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-16676397242536303462017-09-19T21:56:48.990+03:002017-09-19T21:56:48.990+03:00But Doc, think of how boring your job would be if ...But Doc, think of how boring your job would be if you only got to treat the smart ones.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521226146675369276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-42223693546080159952017-09-19T19:25:01.792+03:002017-09-19T19:25:01.792+03:00but doc, you told us in a different post that putt...but doc, you told us in a different post that putting things in the dark place is not advised because they tend to get sucked in and retained, and then you have to deal with it...Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-19855366949566428172017-09-19T12:20:03.044+03:002017-09-19T12:20:03.044+03:00It's hard to know with these situations just w...It's hard to know with these situations just what "things I gotta do" are. Does he have a Tinder date or did he leave his 3-year-old home alone and wants to get back before she starts drinking out of the toilet? <br /><br />There <i>could</i> be reasons why he does actually need to be home in a hurry, although I will grant you it's more likely something trivial. In fact, since he came back so quickly after, maybe he over-exerted himself on his Tinder date!<br /><br />UgiUgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00453326095140897474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-566076338843485252017-09-19T07:20:09.786+03:002017-09-19T07:20:09.786+03:00Why did he go back to the hospital? Was it the pai...Why did he go back to the hospital? Was it the pain? Mary C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03798704383301139461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-44622677415848628032017-09-19T05:12:47.128+03:002017-09-19T05:12:47.128+03:00He had stuff to do at home of course!He had stuff to do at home of course!Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626470287391577908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-61428800504390917232017-09-19T04:57:55.141+03:002017-09-19T04:57:55.141+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sørenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016265722048031285noreply@blogger.com