tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1538840279985888154..comments2024-03-28T17:11:08.234-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Medical (mis)adventures and suchlikePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42637925089334609602016-08-30T09:22:16.850-05:002016-08-30T09:22:16.850-05:00Good to see you on the mend.Good to see you on the mend.Quentinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13913700396894209662016-08-27T20:26:21.355-05:002016-08-27T20:26:21.355-05:00I feel your aggravation and anger. Went to the VA ...I feel your aggravation and anger. Went to the VA hospital for arthroscopic knee surgery and woke up with a HUGE zipper and hoses coming out of my knee and no chance of going back to work in any kind of time to save my job or my financial needs. I started expressing my displeasure clearly and loudly. The nurses and doctor spoke to me through the doorway from the hallway as they were not about to get within arms reach for some strange reason... Yes, I did lose my job, go bankrupt and have to beg, borrow and work for cash under the table to make it to where we could recover, then the IRS came after us and tried to garnish my meager wages and steal our only beat up old used car!HeroHoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157411044318901668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64858095067099652112016-08-27T14:22:52.665-05:002016-08-27T14:22:52.665-05:00With all due respect and other disclaimers, if som...With all due respect and other disclaimers, if something <b>had</b> gone wrong while you were making your rounds of the floor, and you busted a stitch or maybe ended up on the floor, you'd have been a candidate for your own Doofus of the Day. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58820989318248440812016-08-27T11:33:06.096-05:002016-08-27T11:33:06.096-05:00Glad you're doing better. Gall stones can be a...Glad you're doing better. Gall stones can be a pain. *grin* It is always funny to see/hear about nurses and doctors having to deal with people who are not wimpy.<br />1LLoydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963814112725103971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35631078430049230852016-08-27T10:41:02.509-05:002016-08-27T10:41:02.509-05:00It makes a great story, and I'm glad you'r...It makes a great story, and I'm glad you're doing so well.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90560894226490350642016-08-27T08:29:32.695-05:002016-08-27T08:29:32.695-05:00Dilaudid. Hmm. Just as well you missed it. (I w...Dilaudid. Hmm. Just as well you missed it. (I was on it for a couple days a year ago. Weird dreams.)lee n. fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652025469454858807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80847568899408254222016-08-27T08:29:29.796-05:002016-08-27T08:29:29.796-05:00Glad you are home. And glad you have Miss. D and l...Glad you are home. And glad you have Miss. D and loyal friends around. <br /><br />ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8179483968993001362016-08-27T07:46:29.603-05:002016-08-27T07:46:29.603-05:00I can picture you and OldNFO playing the one upsma...I can picture you and OldNFO playing the one upsmanship game.<br /><br />;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-74463304943745955012016-08-27T05:19:51.631-05:002016-08-27T05:19:51.631-05:00Best of luck with your recovery. I've never h...Best of luck with your recovery. I've never had gall bladder or bypass surgery, but have had heart attacks and kidney stones. Hospitals are not fun, glad you are back home.fast richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947715402204312013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34002064079623925422016-08-27T04:41:59.769-05:002016-08-27T04:41:59.769-05:00My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy ...My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89848036356996596492016-08-27T02:44:53.565-05:002016-08-27T02:44:53.565-05:00Oh, bother...
I'm away from blog reading fo...Oh, bother... <br />I'm away from blog reading for a few days, and you go shedding body bits.<br /><br />About 35 years ago, I had a girlfriend who had had her gallbladder removed due to a bicycle crash a few years prior to meeting her. It seems the medical types never bothered to inform her that she would have to avoid fats in her diet. Makes a hell of a weight control setup. She had so much trouble with GI effects of undigested fats that she had virtually no body fat. Malnourished might have been a correct label for her. <br /><br />Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85013362766216383872016-08-27T02:39:26.733-05:002016-08-27T02:39:26.733-05:00Dennis
I had to and still am laughing at your one...Dennis<br /><br />I had to and still am laughing at your one upmanship. Lord our God be with you and your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54261192619651585362016-08-27T02:14:18.195-05:002016-08-27T02:14:18.195-05:00Glad you are doing better, for whatever values of ...Glad you are doing better, for whatever values of "better" exist....and "welcome to the American Medical Industry in the Obamacare Era. We hope you enjoy your stay." <br /><br />I've never been fond of hospitals - they're full of sick people, and there seem to be patients all over the place as well. I'm quite sure many of those patients enjoy, or at least don't resist, being the object of inattention by the dedicated staph, but that's no justification to punish those of us who want to get on with life ASAP. There are those of us who are quite capable of requesting assistance when we need it and resolving our own issues the rest of the time. <br /><br />I had a cardiac procedure a decade ago (stent) and got dressed to leave as soon as I was back in the room and all the hydraulic, mechanical and electronic connections were removed several hours later. When the cardiologist visited that evening I handed him a stack of papers and a pen and picked up the phone to call a cab. He refused to release me, calling it AMA (Against Medical Advice) so I told him sign it and date it 0800 tomorrow and notify staph to have breakfast here early because I was leaving then, period. <br /><br />The medical industry simply does not know how to deal with customers - no, that's wrong, we're not "customers" we're "objects inside the system to be contended with" - who know themselves well and sternly resist male bovine excrement. <br /><br />Anyway, good luck with your recovery, and may you have a great many decades of doctor-free life. <br /><br />Inconsiderate Bastardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67972118666655149232016-08-27T01:49:01.843-05:002016-08-27T01:49:01.843-05:00I hope you deliver a bitch slap one way or another...I hope you deliver a bitch slap one way or another to all that caused you the delay... Clearly, it improved your experience right?<br /><br />I wish you a swift and pain free recovery.Jesse in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476405390310290790noreply@blogger.com