lung biopsy.

Unbelievable!! I'm lost for words, which isn't like me at all 

I just remembered another from my last hospital stay:   another told me that as long as you took your diabetes meds, you BSL would remain in the normal range of around 4 - 6.   Funny thing, whenever I am admitted I now speak to the duty Doc first off and advise them I will look after my diabetes meds myself.   Never have any problems with the Docs, most say, that's reasonable, you've been looking after your diabetes longer than we have, go for it!   Nurses don't have the same opinion, even though it's written in black and white they want to confiscate my insulin, argue about how much insulin I should have and so on.   Some throw right tantrums when I won't go along with them.

Tony - GRRRRR that makes me so crazy mad.

Sometimes I wonder about the nurses and hospital staff and why they are even working there, certainly not to hlep patients. 

Please make a formal complaint in writing to the director of the hospital.

Simliar story, although not as serious, or is it - husband as you know suffers from heart failure, broke his heel slipping off a ladder, also broke the bottom of his tibia, Dr prescribed pain killers as and when he needed it, never given the pain medication.

Following day transfered from little country hospital to city hospital where a ortheo surgeon could see him, and what a kerfuffle there, they decided he needed to be put into a moon boot, so physio comes in, remember still no pain killers, and jambs his foot into moon boot, he screamed in pain, at that point they decided he needed some pain killers, gave him injection in stomach, and went back to jambing his foot into moon boot, within 30 seconds, towel shoved in his mouth to stop him sceaming the ward down as they did this procedure, twisting and forcing foot back into natural position 36 hours after accident without any pain killer.

Found out the following evening from interenet, pain killer injection given into stomach takes about 20 - 30 minutes to start working.

Made compliant to ward manager and physio senior but felt that i was just fobbed off with it won't happen again, the next time they do this to a heart failure case whats the chances of the extreme level of pain causing a heart attack or more damage, I wish I knew, or maybe its better I don't know.

  Like the GOM Syndrome, Tony but seriously that sounds like one hell of a day 

Hospitals aren't a good place to go when you're sick are they??!!

   I hope this is a better week for you.   

PET scan today, appointmentment with the surgeon on Friday and probably surgery next week.   Worst part is a week in hospital for physio and recouperation - boring.   And of course lots of arguments with nurses about controlling my diabetes again.   One plus is I opted for a private hospital this time, I'm over public hospitals, I think they just get the dregs of the medical fraternity.   Assuming the margins are adequate I may not have to have chemotherapy, with my luck, they'll probably miss some of the growth.   I don't know what stage I have, never thought to ask, but the Doc did say if it wasn't removed I would succumb in around two years.

All sorted, survey next Thursday, I'll lose 20% of my lung function but as I have 100% the surgeon says I won't t notice. Both he and the chest specialist were stunned with my lung function results, even more so when I told them I'd smoked 50 a day for 30 plus years before quitting. The scan also picked up a hot spot in my neck that may be cancerous, the MRI I have next Wednesday will shine more light on that, might just be inflammation.

Surgery yesterday, lost a bit more due to finding another cancerous spot. Now in hospital for 7 days recuperating. I think they used the other hospital as a model: they managed to pump my BSL up to twenty and by dinner time several hours later it was 17 and time for tea. Explained that I needed a higher insulin dose or I couldn't eat, an argument ensure of course and they agreed to bump it up by 4UI.. I'm in room 11, when they delivered tea it was for room 4. I have leads all over me, insulin drip, ECG, BP, lung drains, rather,, pain meds and so on, when I tried to stand up, I couldn't, the leads snaked all over me and my chair, they has basically tied me to the chair, it toothed about 10 minutes to unplug me to take me to my new room, and here I sit all tangled up again. I really am over hospitals.

Lesson doesn't today, never upset a nurse, when the firsts once asked if I was Hayworth this, 4 units the boss lady agreed to, previouss experience told me they weren't going to listen so I just said 'yes whatever' , well that did it boss nurse ame in to help me in to the bed, not much fun having the bed craNkoed up while your telling her stop, thought My lung was going to pop. I'll be lodging a complaint - after I've been released.er