Why it's scary is that a few hours before I was "trained" ... I was in my GP's surgery for me, and not once did my name mean anything to me, all four times it was called. No *blink frankly* It only sounded a bit familiar when the doctor walked right up to me and stood over me and said it again.
Excellent query. In my experience there are many reasons that apparently sane patients don't recognise their own names in the waiting room :
- their sanity is only "apparently". Yep, I missed that diagnosis.
- deafness.
- distraction eg. children.
- sleep
- lack of sleep
- panic
- fear
- ruthless efficiency and a fanatical devotion to the Pope. Bang ! No one expects the Spanish .....
- personal electronic devices
- expensive personal electronic devices
- trendy electronic devices
- comfy chairs
- adolescence
- pregnancy
- pregnancy in adolescence
- in one instance, death. Yep, death. Good thing I'm a doctor. I can spot that after doing Death 101.
- bad debtors
- Death ie. the big boney guy with the scythe and cowl. Dresses in black, because everything goes with black. Eventually. I try not to bother him ..... but he does tend to hover a bit.
- they're just visiting & "it is my friend that you want". Which is a bit odd as they say that to Death too.
- they are at the toilet, so why are you looking at me ?
- mind your own business. Which is a bit odd as .......
- I'm here to see my accountant, why are all these people sick ? Of course I have the right building !
- will we serve you the writ now Dr Hewson ? { Only kidding, because of last time they always taser me before any conversation .... }
anniet wrote:
Then, as I said up there, a few hours later I was qualified!
DownUnda you only have to be qualified if you are the doctor. Patients are automatically patients without any checks whatsoever. This I think should be changed ....
anniet wrote:
Would you trust me with a needle anywhere near your stomach, either under those circumstances, or any others that might pop into your head, Mike? Cos I certainly don't :/
Tricky Friday question that one. I'll pick option [B] phone a friend ..... dialling noises ... ringing noises ..... no answer --- darn, I'll try Suri .... waiting, waiting ..... computer sez NO !
anniet wrote:
If I could just practise a bit more ...
.... said the actress to the bishop!
Please this is a kid friendly forum ! :-)))
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Crash test dummy walks into the doctor's surgery : "Do you have any appointments? I've just had a major car accident and I have a ripping headache."
Receptionist says : "Certainly sir. Are you insured ?"
..... boom, boom.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
My stones recently have not been as excruciating as they have been in the past. Even when it was stuck half way out, the pain was not enough to keep me from doing my job. A few weeks ago, I had the extreme pain in my back that made me nauseous, and then suddenly it stopped. A couple of years ago, I was driving to the ER and had to pull over to puke, but then it all stopped just as I got there. The time before that, well that's a long story and I'm too close to falling asleep to type it all right now, but it was extremely traumatic and the complications took months to fully recover from.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
You see... I spent part of Wednesday learning how to give injections into stomachs!
I did that because they put someone who needs to do quite a lot of what David had to do, in the bed next to my other half. Well hopefully not directly into the bed, but anyway... they did that four days, and nights ago, and they haven't quite got his pain medication quite right, poor thing :/
Why it's scary is that a few hours before I was "trained" ... I was in my GP's surgery for me, and not once did my name mean anything to me, all four times it was called. No *blink frankly* It only sounded a bit familiar when the doctor walked right up to me and stood over me and said it again.
Then, as I said up there, a few hours later I was qualified!
Would you trust me with a needle anywhere near your stomach, Mike? Either under those circumstances, or any others that might pop into your head? Cos I certainly don't :/
*surreptitiously slide eyes around stomachs*
If I could just practise a bit more ...
I had surgery in January and had to give myself 2 shots per day into my stomach area for 14 days, it was a breeze, tiny needles, and it was over almost before I got used to them. Mine were "Lovenox" shots to prevent blood clots etc. Some pt's got a filter implanted in them too, but with no history I just did the shots.
I used to be an Inuslin dependent type 2 Diabetic but post op all that is gone and my numbers are great!!
I'd like to state for the record that my belly is for patting after a large meal, and not for Annies dart practice :)
Mine is for many things, mostly getting in the way, but I agree about what it's NOT for.
Speaking of diabetes, my morning sugar was really high all week, even when I thought it shouldn't be, and then today it was slightly lower than usual (which is not to say normal) even though I ate some chocolate last night.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Four simultaneously I suppose might account for it then. It's interesting you include pregnancy. My problem was less about not recognising my name, than not knowing what it was when I was asked it.
@Mikey
Quote:
it was a breeze
Was it? I wonder if I can persuade my other half it would be a breeze for him to do? I've never even stuck a pin into a dead insect :/ They let him home which is nice :) but his anti-coagulant consultant rang an hour after we got home because his bloodwork had got worse not better and trebled the dose, so I had to give him 3.
I definitely got worse with each one and all trembly, probably because you lot wouldn't let me practise, but never mind *wounded blink* I think I'm disturbing him with my stroke assessments and bleeding kidney questions too, and then I got into a minor panic when I decided I couldn't remember any of the just-in-case CPR I learned awhile ago. I looked it up on the internet, and I think I might be wrong, because it sort of came back to me after a fashion :) which is good. It doesn't lessen the fact the world is now a lot more dangerous of course, now I'm armed :)
But it is nice to have him home for the weekend :)
I hope you all have a nice one too!
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I'd like to state for the record that my belly is for patting after a large meal, and not for Annies dart practice :)
Mine is for many things, mostly getting in the way, but I agree about what it's NOT for.
Speaking of diabetes, my morning sugar was really high all week, even when I thought it shouldn't be, and then today it was slightly lower than usual (which is not to say normal) even though I ate some chocolate last night.
Look up 'dawn effect' and it could help to explain what you may be seeing, they often give kids half a peanut butter sandwich at bedtime to counteract it. I'm still working on mine, I can test at bedtime and I'm in the high 80's to low 100's then wake up in the 130's or 140's. Now I don't eat cheese at night time and eat a protein bar instead and my numbers are still the same at bedtime and about 100 in the morning when I test them again. WOO HOO!!!
Anniet the shots are really easy just pinch a bit of fat and inject in it, don't do the same place, within a couple of inches, for a few days or the bruising could be bad. I always did it around my stomach roll swapping from the left to right sides each time. Push the needle in gently but firmly, then inject slowly but steadily, too fast or too hard of either and it can hurt. Do not 'PINCH' the skin but instead 'pinch' the skin together to give yourself a spot to inject.
anniet wrote:Why it's scary
Excellent query. In my experience there are many reasons that apparently sane patients don't recognise their own names in the waiting room :
- their sanity is only "apparently". Yep, I missed that diagnosis.
- deafness.
- distraction eg. children.
- sleep
- lack of sleep
- panic
- fear
- ruthless efficiency and a fanatical devotion to the Pope. Bang ! No one expects the Spanish .....
- personal electronic devices
- expensive personal electronic devices
- trendy electronic devices
- comfy chairs
- adolescence
- pregnancy
- pregnancy in adolescence
- in one instance, death. Yep, death. Good thing I'm a doctor. I can spot that after doing Death 101.
- bad debtors
- Death ie. the big boney guy with the scythe and cowl. Dresses in black, because everything goes with black. Eventually. I try not to bother him ..... but he does tend to hover a bit.
- they're just visiting & "it is my friend that you want". Which is a bit odd as they say that to Death too.
- they are at the toilet, so why are you looking at me ?
- mind your own business. Which is a bit odd as .......
- I'm here to see my accountant, why are all these people sick ? Of course I have the right building !
- will we serve you the writ now Dr Hewson ? { Only kidding, because of last time they always taser me before any conversation .... }
DownUnda you only have to be qualified if you are the doctor. Patients are automatically patients without any checks whatsoever. This I think should be changed ....
Tricky Friday question that one. I'll pick option [B] phone a friend ..... dialling noises ... ringing noises ..... no answer --- darn, I'll try Suri .... waiting, waiting ..... computer sez NO !
.... said the actress to the bishop!
Please this is a kid friendly forum ! :-)))
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Crash test dummy walks into the doctor's surgery : "Do you have any appointments? I've just had a major car accident and I have a ripping headache."
Receptionist says : "Certainly sir. Are you insured ?"
..... boom, boom.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
My stones recently have not
My stones recently have not been as excruciating as they have been in the past. Even when it was stuck half way out, the pain was not enough to keep me from doing my job. A few weeks ago, I had the extreme pain in my back that made me nauseous, and then suddenly it stopped. A couple of years ago, I was driving to the ER and had to pull over to puke, but then it all stopped just as I got there. The time before that, well that's a long story and I'm too close to falling asleep to type it all right now, but it was extremely traumatic and the complications took months to fully recover from.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
anniet wrote: You see... I
I had surgery in January and had to give myself 2 shots per day into my stomach area for 14 days, it was a breeze, tiny needles, and it was over almost before I got used to them. Mine were "Lovenox" shots to prevent blood clots etc. Some pt's got a filter implanted in them too, but with no history I just did the shots.
I used to be an Inuslin dependent type 2 Diabetic but post op all that is gone and my numbers are great!!
I'd like to state for the
I'd like to state for the record that my belly is for patting after a large meal, and not for Annies dart practice :)
Annie minion :)
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Mine is for many things, mostly getting in the way, but I agree about what it's NOT for.
Speaking of diabetes, my morning sugar was really high all week, even when I thought it shouldn't be, and then today it was slightly lower than usual (which is not to say normal) even though I ate some chocolate last night.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
@MikeFour simultaneously I
@Mike
Four simultaneously I suppose might account for it then. It's interesting you include pregnancy. My problem was less about not recognising my name, than not knowing what it was when I was asked it.
@Mikey
Was it? I wonder if I can persuade my other half it would be a breeze for him to do? I've never even stuck a pin into a dead insect :/ They let him home which is nice :) but his anti-coagulant consultant rang an hour after we got home because his bloodwork had got worse not better and trebled the dose, so I had to give him 3.
I definitely got worse with each one and all trembly, probably because you lot wouldn't let me practise, but never mind *wounded blink* I think I'm disturbing him with my stroke assessments and bleeding kidney questions too, and then I got into a minor panic when I decided I couldn't remember any of the just-in-case CPR I learned awhile ago. I looked it up on the internet, and I think I might be wrong, because it sort of came back to me after a fashion :) which is good. It doesn't lessen the fact the world is now a lot more dangerous of course, now I'm armed :)
But it is nice to have him home for the weekend :)
I hope you all have a nice one too!
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
David S wrote:Dr Bacon _Lost
Look up 'dawn effect' and it could help to explain what you may be seeing, they often give kids half a peanut butter sandwich at bedtime to counteract it. I'm still working on mine, I can test at bedtime and I'm in the high 80's to low 100's then wake up in the 130's or 140's. Now I don't eat cheese at night time and eat a protein bar instead and my numbers are still the same at bedtime and about 100 in the morning when I test them again. WOO HOO!!!
Anniet the shots are really easy just pinch a bit of fat and inject in it, don't do the same place, within a couple of inches, for a few days or the bruising could be bad. I always did it around my stomach roll swapping from the left to right sides each time. Push the needle in gently but firmly, then inject slowly but steadily, too fast or too hard of either and it can hurt. Do not 'PINCH' the skin but instead 'pinch' the skin together to give yourself a spot to inject.
yaawwnnn...
yaawwnnn...
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
David S
Need a nap?
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@Annie,
I'm glad he's home now. I'm sorry you're both having to go through all of this, though.
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