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Is anyone else a nurse?

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Hippyhopchris
Hippyhopchris

Hi , just wondering if anyone else is a nurse? I am and it seems to add another layer of difficulty onto recovery post op ( my op was 12/5/16) because you know just what could go wrong !!!

christine x

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  • linda38528
    linda38528 Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    Looking forward to answers from Bini and others on this!

    You may be right but, I would take knowledge over ignorance any day.

    L

  • angela1988
    angela1988 Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    I am but have just been a patient to ensure just been treated like abyone else.

    Just kept an eye on staff/docs and only let them know im a nurse when had to as orthopaedics not a speciality if mine

    And this forum is a great resource if course 😊

  • debbi1949
    debbi1949 Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    Yes, that's why I'm so scared, but the pain is now bearable and hoping for June
  • HollyHop9
    HollyHop9 Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    I'm the wife of a hippy and an OT.  I think it was a great help in understanding what was happening in the hospital and is an advantage with helping him to recover. However when I was myself a patient a few years ago (following a DVT & PE not related to surgery)  I found it was a mixed blessing. It stopped doctors taking down to me (the only person who did was a student nurse who got short shrift from me) but sometimes the docs assumed I knew something, such as possible side effects of getting my IVC filter, and so didn't fully explain it. Although you know what could go wrong you also know how rare such complications are.

    Wishing you a great (and smooth) recovery

  • Hippyhopchris
    Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    Thanks for your comments. Yes I think it's important to just be a patient and try to forget you are a nurse! I wonder if there's a high number of nurses needing THR due to the nature of our work ? when I started nursing in the 1980s we didn't really use hoists and we're just expected to life our patients manually. This must take its toll on our poor joints ? 
  • bini31328
    bini31328 Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    Lol , yes I am and yes it makes us the worst patients ! They all

    Knew me because I used to manage the orthopaedic service ! But yes , you tend to focus on possible complications rather than the positives ! Xxx

    • renee01952
      renee01952 bini31328

      Posted

      well, I think you are an asset to this forum - I read your posts with great interest and learn something new ...

       

    • linda38528
      linda38528 bini31328

      Posted

      I totally agree with Renée.

      Bini - you are a superb forum member. You add critical dimensions to our discussions and your posts are always respectful and sometimes quite humourous (lifelong/ career long habits I imagine).

      I deploy appreciate your contributions.

      L

    • linda38528
      linda38528

      Posted

      Humph to self correct function - I deeply appreciate your contributions!

      L

  • karen28156
    karen28156 Hippyhopchris

    Posted

    Hi Christine

    I am also a nurse who started in the 80s with lots of liftin of patients. I also wondered if the lifting contributed to my OA of hip.  I read that farmers had a high incidence of Hip OA due to lifting.

    I  had my op on 22/4/16. I think being a nurse made me more anxious - more knowledge ! But also it made more able to navigate the hospital system   for example knowing to call the consultants secretary to get a date for the surgery.

    I hope your recovery is going well

    Karen

    Hope your

    • angela1988
      angela1988 karen28156

      Posted

      Hi karen, i am certain my back issues are from my nursing career.

      I begun in 1980 and we did most moving & handling of patients and equipment manually.

      No electric or pneumatic beds, chairs or trolleys. Most lifting techniques are now illegal and no such thing as a risk assessment lol.

      Could be this is contributary factor in hip prob too??

      Sign me up for compo hahaha 😂😂😂

    • Hippyhopchris
      Hippyhopchris angela1988

      Posted

      And no slide sheets back then ! What an amazingly simple idea they are - hope the inventor became suitably rich. (Wish it was me)
    • Hippyhopchris
      Hippyhopchris angela1988

      Posted

      Plus back then our uniforms weren't trouser suits so you couldn't bend and twist properly without revealing all !!
    • angela1988
      angela1988 Hippyhopchris

      Posted

      Absolutely right...slidesheets are great!

      I do still like a dress rather than tunic and trousers but it is more practical.

      I had to apply to worksmart at my place of work for a wheeled trolley to take my gear to and from clinic each day due to my back and hip oa.

      Took ages to be sorted and its the cheapest noisiest item haha.

      Would love to retire as i have done 36yr this august but alas as not all my service was in the nhs i have to work till 67.

      Omg! This new hip better hold out or i shall be going to work in a trolley....and goodness knows how long that requisition will take to sort out!!! 😂😂😂😂

    • linda38528
      linda38528 angela1988

      Posted

      Love your outlook on life and sense of humour, but then all the best nurses seem to have. I suppose you simply wouldn't last without it!

      🚃🚋🚊 ( sorry couldn't find the image of the right type of trolley).

      😆

    • Hippyhopchris
      Hippyhopchris angela1988

      Posted

      Hi Karen it's christine again. When was your op ? Mine was 3 weeks ago now . How are you doing ? Are you missing work . I am ! Are you being a good patient .? I am going to be a much more compassionate nurse when I return after this experience ! 
    • karen28156
      karen28156 Hippyhopchris

      Posted

      Hi Christine

      I am 7 weeks post op.  Hope you are doing well.  I am much happier now I can sleep my sides , swim and drive.  I am back to work on phased return at 8 weeks I missed the company during the day being off work.  I agree re being better nurse being in  receiving end of surgery etc -  will make me be able to put myself in patients shoes

    • angela1988
      angela1988 karen28156

      Posted

      Hi karen.

      Do you mind if i ask how you planned your phased return and what hours you do /are doing??

      Thanks xx

    • Hippyhopchris
      Hippyhopchris karen28156

      Posted

      Hi Karen . At 4 weeks, Work still seems ages away but you have spurred me on . Just had first physic appt and she. Says I am doing fine- what a relief. Down to one crutch indoors now . How many years nursing have you done? Yesterday was my 33rd anniversary of starting nurse training! I trained in Slough but now work in Birmingham, what about you? 
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