It feels a lot of different kinds of wrong to give this a heart. Don't like anything about what happened to you. I have an allergy to the alcohol they usually use on your skin any time you get a needle poke, and making sure they don't use it is never entirely comfortable--and that is such small potatoes in comparison to what you've described here. But it's enough for me to have some understanding of how very difficult this must have been for you. I'm so sorry.
Hi Rita. I know what you mean about leaving a heart — sometimes I read someone’s post and admire it or appreciate it, but a heart implies loving the content too, somehow. Anyway, thanks reading and understanding.
I’m so very sorry, and I empathize so much with you about the point where you have to decide if you go ahead despite them not getting a working IV.
Able bodied people interact with the healthcare system so rarely that they don’t understand how often chronically ill people/people with rare conditions end up cornered and making choices against their best interests. We have procedures without anesthesia/symptom control, we have care without being pretreated to prevent negative outcomes (infections, reactions pain/nausea), we have care provided by providers we don’t like or trust (but they’re the only ones covered by our insurance or we’ve already waited 8 months for an appointment).
I hope your pathology results are good and you don’t have to repeat this ordeal again soon.
And I’ll also wish for a change in the system so that your special needs get met better next time.
Thanks so much for your perceptive comment. I think you are right; this is an aspect of having a disability that most people do know about or think about.
I loved your suite joke 🤭
I really felt like the nurse was setting me up for the joke, either consciously or subconsciously. I couldn't let it go by. 😁
Yeah, you HAD to capitalize, and you sure did 🤣
It feels a lot of different kinds of wrong to give this a heart. Don't like anything about what happened to you. I have an allergy to the alcohol they usually use on your skin any time you get a needle poke, and making sure they don't use it is never entirely comfortable--and that is such small potatoes in comparison to what you've described here. But it's enough for me to have some understanding of how very difficult this must have been for you. I'm so sorry.
Hi Rita. I know what you mean about leaving a heart — sometimes I read someone’s post and admire it or appreciate it, but a heart implies loving the content too, somehow. Anyway, thanks reading and understanding.
0h my dear God! This makes my (unpleasant) experience(s) absolutely shrivel up and blow away. Poof!
It always comes down to perspective and experiences, doesn't it? Thanks for reading about mine.
I’m so very sorry, and I empathize so much with you about the point where you have to decide if you go ahead despite them not getting a working IV.
Able bodied people interact with the healthcare system so rarely that they don’t understand how often chronically ill people/people with rare conditions end up cornered and making choices against their best interests. We have procedures without anesthesia/symptom control, we have care without being pretreated to prevent negative outcomes (infections, reactions pain/nausea), we have care provided by providers we don’t like or trust (but they’re the only ones covered by our insurance or we’ve already waited 8 months for an appointment).
I hope your pathology results are good and you don’t have to repeat this ordeal again soon.
And I’ll also wish for a change in the system so that your special needs get met better next time.
Thanks so much for your perceptive comment. I think you are right; this is an aspect of having a disability that most people do know about or think about.