General Medical issues thread

[prozac]

One ICU stay the phlebotomist stood on the urinary catheter when they went to take bloods!
Edit: And it yanked hard

Was just thinking about this again. Could have been worse, they might have stood on one of my chest drains.

 

[Flyfrequently]

@ellen10 Thank you for the comprehensive update..
Yesterday's outing for Mr ellen10 meeting his mate - and driving too, must have felt like a massive boost for both of you.
Some sense of relief and normality finally coming back in to your lives

 

[Quickstatus]

I have one better.

When I did my anaesthetic term as a RPAH resident, the professor tripped on the breathing circuit and caused the breathing tube to dislodge from the patient who was being kept alive by the ventilator during surgery

 

[prozac]

I have one better.

When I did my anaesthetic term as a RPAH resident, the professor tripped on the breathing circuit and caused the breathing tube to dislodge from the patient who was being kept alive by the ventilator during surgery

Did he just keep walking, pretend nothing had happened?

 

[Quickstatus]

Did he just keep walking?

No had to go to emergency cos he hit his head.

 

[Flyfrequently]

No had to go to emergency cos he hit his head.

Sorry, I shouldn't laugh @Quickstatus

 

[prozac]

No had to go to emergency cos he hit his head.

And you wonder how screen writers develop scenes.

 

[Quickstatus]

Expectant Dads are known to faint while their wife is having an epidural inserted...
We received one when I was working in A&E - he had his head stitched up

 

[kookaburra75]

Expectant Dads are known to faint while their wife is having an epidural inserted...

A collegue of mine fainted when his wife was giving birth naturally. The staff just dragged him across to the corner and proped him up out of the way and went back to the birth. His wife told us, she didn't know to be more worried about her husband or the birth

 

[RooFlyer]

Hope @mrs.dr.ron is on the mend @drron and you keep improving too, so you can both breeze through that planned trip .

 

[Quickstatus]

Even better should be able to fly in 4-6 weeks and our next trip is 10 weeks way.

Something worth aspiring to
Hope everything works out.

 

[Seat0B]

Sorry, I shouldn't laugh @Quickstatus

I agree but I laughed too! Spontaneous reaction to something rather darkly hilarious.

 

[Seat0B]

Sending healing thoughts your way @drron and @mrs.dr.ron. You certainly deserve a break - and I don't mean another broken bone! Its so good to have a goal to motivate your recovery.

A wise friend sent this to me as I was railing against the unpredictable nature of chemo recovery. I think there are quite a few of us here on this thread that can relate to the frustration of just wanting to get better, now! compared to the reality of healing and recovery. I wish you both all the best.

 

[ellen10]

A wise friend sent this to me as I was railing against the unpredictable nature of chemo recovery. I think there are quite a few of us here on this thread that can relate to the frustration of just wanting to get better, now! compared to the reality of healing and recovery. I wish you both all the best.

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@Seat0B I showed this recovery image to MrEllen10. He said thats about right! He can identify with it.

 

[VPS]

@Seat0B I showed this recovery image to MrEllen10. He said thats about right! He can identify with it.

so pleased with the good news about your husband. Fingers crossed you're on that plane again soon

 

[LinaLee]

Sending healing thoughts your way @drron and @mrs.dr.ron. You certainly deserve a break - and I don't mean another broken bone! Its so good to have a goal to motivate your recovery.

A wise friend sent this to me as I was railing against the unpredictable nature of chemo recovery. I think there are quite a few of us here on this thread that can relate to the frustration of just wanting to get better, now! compared to the reality of healing and recovery. I wish you both all the best.

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Thanks. I need to send this to my friends who keep asking me why I hobble etc. when getting up to move after being immobile for a bit. They ask out of concern if I’m injured which is nice but….Also easy to forget that sometimes we are back there even a few years past cause there’s always something that needs managing especially when getting on in years. Pacing is something I did poorly in the early days. Much better at it now sometimes

 

[LinaLee]

@Seat0B I showed this recovery image to MrEllen10. He said thats about right! He can identify with it.

@ellen10, So good to read that things have turned the corner for mrellen10 and you can also breathe. Please take care and don’t forget pacing. The cliff is very sudden and creeps up without warning. I fell down the ravine a few times thinking I was like before…. And spent twice the time and rehab getting back to normal.

 

[LinaLee]

Even better should be able to fly in 4-6 weeks and our next trip is 10 weeks way.

@drron, what a good positive outcome after that worrying development for mrsdrron and I know you’ll keep pushing yourself to recover in that time. Take care.

 

[drron]

Thank you all for your kind thoughts. Really appreciate the AFF family. Doctors are saying she should be right to fly in 4 -6 weeks time. We are due to leave in 10 weeks. Fingers crossed.

 

[drron]

And a story I didn't feel went with my previous post.
When I was doing an anaesthetics as student at RPAH my ttor was a brilliant anaesthetist but mad. One day the professor was doing A fem/pop bypass. As it progressed he said Bruce the blood is looking a little blue. It's OK Prof he has been dead for the last 15 minutes but I thought you needed the practice.