Ouch! My bad knee is throbbing after reading this, Pat. I hope the issue gets resolved without major surgery. Meanwhile it makes for great reading and a cautionary tale. Patient, beware!
I hope so too. The new MRI guy told me it would only take 15 minutes. It took 25. Comes to get me, rolls his eyes, and said, "that was a doozie." I didn't ask him why. I guess there's a sequel!
“That was a doozie”—such a comforting comment! You’re so great at turning it all into comic fodder, but it sounds wickedly painful. I hope the sequel includes a happy ending.🤗
Dear God...this is why I stay the heck away from those who have MD after their name. I never would have endured the first visit 35 years ago. And I would for sure do some research now to make sure your person truly is the best for what is to come and see about being asleep for it, if you're cool with that. You know btw we are in a minority....some of us like a little candy corn and others think we're insane because of it. Glad to see you picked the one with the barely chocolate base...but did you know the company that makes oodles of it outsources it to Mexico now? Not saying that or it is bad, I just hate for our country to take the business elsewhere. It's not easy to find, but I get a small package made by the jelly belly people, out in CA I believe...theirs is made HERE, in the USA. COnsiderably more expensive, but imo worth it:-) Hope your knee situation is resolved soon.
I'm with you. I hate doctors. I'm doing research and lucky to have a sister who's a nurse practitioner AND a daughter-in-law whose father is a medical malpractice lawyers! Not only am I more than fine about being conked out, I have very fond memories of being on morphine for another medical screw up. Whatever it takes, bring it on! I found the jelly belly candy corns! and they're on sale! $7.64 for a half a pound!!
I didn't want to drone on, but to be fair I do make RARE exceptions for certain MD's. That would not include the witch who saw me in the ER about 6 years ago when I was freaked after a night of unexplainable barfing and THEY decided I had an obstructed bowel (NO I DID NOT! and I KNEW IT) being caused by a large uterine fibroid pressing on the bowel and I should go to the main hospital campus for surgery. NO. And then she and her miserable staff continued to bully me to the point I wondered if they didn't get a commission if they got me to consent...they then, without much explanation used an NG tube, a method of torture that should be illegal. I was off food and liquids for some 3 days in addition. I fired that witch and her "team" and told a nurse I wanted the nice guy in the violet gingham shirt to take care of me. Please ask. He had popped in and was optimistic that the torture may help the situation resolve, it often did. I banked on his wearing violet being a good sign:-) Nurse informs me I CANNOT have him because he's the chief of surgery, and I am not having surgery. "ask him anyhow" please I asked, and if he says no, we'll regroup. Bless his heart, he said yes. We were on the same wavelength...he eased me back on food, even reading my mind on what would be good to start with...and if I kept it down, he'd get me some more...and then when that went well, he expected I'd be able to go home in a day. SO glad you found the Jelly Belly corns...still expensive but I feel so much better with theirs:-) My dear friend and former boss makes a Halloween Mix and I'm afraid I'm forgetting something...but it includes mixing together in a big bowl Bugel snacks, candy corn and maybe it was seasonally colored m &m's. Enjoy!
Oh I'm so sorry! I had a similar run in with doictor/hospital/nurses over chest pains. They sent my huband away and insisted they had to do a coronary angiogram. Told them to call my cardiologist. They didn't call my cardiologist. Gave me a valium. Very very stoned, I managed to call my cardiologist who was on vacation. He told all those hospitral people to send tests to him. Did not need that camera thing! Discovered later that women experience this kind of treatment more than men. Flip side, Blacks get ignored (a friend of mine, having acute appendicitis was in a hall way for a day and half before anyone saw her.) Moral of the story: have a big mouth and be obnoxious...and figure olut how to make your friend/boss's mix! That sounds marvelous!
OMG...it's so SO hard to advocate for ourselves in a medical crisis, and THEN they DRUG us so we can't be responsive! AND they get away with saying it was for our own good...right. Thank g you had your cardiologists phone number and could reach him. And spared you the trauma of further invasive testing. Money reigns in our medical system so imo we're all at risk. It's horrible. I was literally moaning and doubled over with my sibling present in the ER waiting room. We arrived by car (squads apparently get priority), and at the desk my primary complaint was pain in my back coming around to the area of my right hip. Jerk at desk enters hip pain like I have arthritis or something, to the point weeks later I get BS in the mail about arthritis...in the meantime staff see me sitting in waiting room so long moaning they are visibly talking to each other. Finally taken back to a cubicle, no place for sibling to even sit, I have dry heaves and she goes to seek help and got yelled at for daring to ask. They'll get to me when they get to me. Apparently moaning in front of others is not good for business....Finally seen and someone sees the potential for something bad REALLY going on. Suspected kidney stone. Confirmed. KEpt there so long they believed I'd either already passed it or soon would. Have a nice day. After the day was spent there...
Just wanted you to know that you are not alone... My MIL's situation happened more than 20 years ago. She was fine after a simple "extraction" which she was blissfully unaware of. Hope you are left with a grand story... and a painless knee.
So sorry about this Pat! I hope it won’t become too complicated and they pin point the exact location and remove it quickly and expertly. Please keep us abreast. 🙏🏻
Good grief! My yoga instructor is constantly encouraging us to listen to our bodies. How do we do that if our bodies aren't talking?
They're becoming like the mean high school girls. Just gotta kick .them in the butt. But hope you're doing better, right?!
This is very funny, Pat.
Gotta laugh, right?
Ouch! My bad knee is throbbing after reading this, Pat. I hope the issue gets resolved without major surgery. Meanwhile it makes for great reading and a cautionary tale. Patient, beware!
I hope so too. The new MRI guy told me it would only take 15 minutes. It took 25. Comes to get me, rolls his eyes, and said, "that was a doozie." I didn't ask him why. I guess there's a sequel!
“That was a doozie”—such a comforting comment! You’re so great at turning it all into comic fodder, but it sounds wickedly painful. I hope the sequel includes a happy ending.🤗
I decided not to think about it and continue to do stupid things that make me happy! But yueah, the sequel will be fun
Oh my! Good luck, Pat!
Dear God...this is why I stay the heck away from those who have MD after their name. I never would have endured the first visit 35 years ago. And I would for sure do some research now to make sure your person truly is the best for what is to come and see about being asleep for it, if you're cool with that. You know btw we are in a minority....some of us like a little candy corn and others think we're insane because of it. Glad to see you picked the one with the barely chocolate base...but did you know the company that makes oodles of it outsources it to Mexico now? Not saying that or it is bad, I just hate for our country to take the business elsewhere. It's not easy to find, but I get a small package made by the jelly belly people, out in CA I believe...theirs is made HERE, in the USA. COnsiderably more expensive, but imo worth it:-) Hope your knee situation is resolved soon.
I'm with you. I hate doctors. I'm doing research and lucky to have a sister who's a nurse practitioner AND a daughter-in-law whose father is a medical malpractice lawyers! Not only am I more than fine about being conked out, I have very fond memories of being on morphine for another medical screw up. Whatever it takes, bring it on! I found the jelly belly candy corns! and they're on sale! $7.64 for a half a pound!!
I didn't want to drone on, but to be fair I do make RARE exceptions for certain MD's. That would not include the witch who saw me in the ER about 6 years ago when I was freaked after a night of unexplainable barfing and THEY decided I had an obstructed bowel (NO I DID NOT! and I KNEW IT) being caused by a large uterine fibroid pressing on the bowel and I should go to the main hospital campus for surgery. NO. And then she and her miserable staff continued to bully me to the point I wondered if they didn't get a commission if they got me to consent...they then, without much explanation used an NG tube, a method of torture that should be illegal. I was off food and liquids for some 3 days in addition. I fired that witch and her "team" and told a nurse I wanted the nice guy in the violet gingham shirt to take care of me. Please ask. He had popped in and was optimistic that the torture may help the situation resolve, it often did. I banked on his wearing violet being a good sign:-) Nurse informs me I CANNOT have him because he's the chief of surgery, and I am not having surgery. "ask him anyhow" please I asked, and if he says no, we'll regroup. Bless his heart, he said yes. We were on the same wavelength...he eased me back on food, even reading my mind on what would be good to start with...and if I kept it down, he'd get me some more...and then when that went well, he expected I'd be able to go home in a day. SO glad you found the Jelly Belly corns...still expensive but I feel so much better with theirs:-) My dear friend and former boss makes a Halloween Mix and I'm afraid I'm forgetting something...but it includes mixing together in a big bowl Bugel snacks, candy corn and maybe it was seasonally colored m &m's. Enjoy!
Oh I'm so sorry! I had a similar run in with doictor/hospital/nurses over chest pains. They sent my huband away and insisted they had to do a coronary angiogram. Told them to call my cardiologist. They didn't call my cardiologist. Gave me a valium. Very very stoned, I managed to call my cardiologist who was on vacation. He told all those hospitral people to send tests to him. Did not need that camera thing! Discovered later that women experience this kind of treatment more than men. Flip side, Blacks get ignored (a friend of mine, having acute appendicitis was in a hall way for a day and half before anyone saw her.) Moral of the story: have a big mouth and be obnoxious...and figure olut how to make your friend/boss's mix! That sounds marvelous!
OMG...it's so SO hard to advocate for ourselves in a medical crisis, and THEN they DRUG us so we can't be responsive! AND they get away with saying it was for our own good...right. Thank g you had your cardiologists phone number and could reach him. And spared you the trauma of further invasive testing. Money reigns in our medical system so imo we're all at risk. It's horrible. I was literally moaning and doubled over with my sibling present in the ER waiting room. We arrived by car (squads apparently get priority), and at the desk my primary complaint was pain in my back coming around to the area of my right hip. Jerk at desk enters hip pain like I have arthritis or something, to the point weeks later I get BS in the mail about arthritis...in the meantime staff see me sitting in waiting room so long moaning they are visibly talking to each other. Finally taken back to a cubicle, no place for sibling to even sit, I have dry heaves and she goes to seek help and got yelled at for daring to ask. They'll get to me when they get to me. Apparently moaning in front of others is not good for business....Finally seen and someone sees the potential for something bad REALLY going on. Suspected kidney stone. Confirmed. KEpt there so long they believed I'd either already passed it or soon would. Have a nice day. After the day was spent there...
you ain't kidding!
WTF! 💉
Family and friends have a pool going. The money is on alien abduction. Would explain so much!
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My MIL missed her granddaughters wedding because of a mysterious needle found in her foot. Your story is one for the ages... ❤️
Lordy! Is she ok? This is nothing. I wish I could say this needle thing is unusual for me....but it's not
Just wanted you to know that you are not alone... My MIL's situation happened more than 20 years ago. She was fine after a simple "extraction" which she was blissfully unaware of. Hope you are left with a grand story... and a painless knee.
“I’ve got a needle in my knee!” Sounds like it could be the first line of a song!!😀
Get composing girl!
Recovering ever so slowly. I gotta tell you that my New Year's resolution is going to be to get the Shingrix vaccine!
So sorry about this Pat! I hope it won’t become too complicated and they pin point the exact location and remove it quickly and expertly. Please keep us abreast. 🙏🏻