Oh Geez! Makes you want to scream. I love it when the medical profession assumes you are diabetic because you have kidney failure. I think I had to tell every medical professional that came into my room this last surgery that I am NOT diabetic! One nurse even said well "most of our kidney failure patients ARE diabetics, too." I just laugh now. What else are you going to do?One nurse's assistant even asked me, when I had asked for a cup of tea, "Can you have tea?" You would think I would know what I can and cannot have especially in the hospital where they watch you all of the time.
Quote from: NDXUFan on September 17, 2013, 04:15:10 PMOh Geez! Makes you want to scream. I love it when the medical profession assumes you are diabetic because you have kidney failure. I think I had to tell every medical professional that came into my room this last surgery that I am NOT diabetic! One nurse even said well "most of our kidney failure patients ARE diabetics, too." I just laugh now. What else are you going to do?One nurse's assistant even asked me, when I had asked for a cup of tea, "Can you have tea?" You would think I would know what I can and cannot have especially in the hospital where they watch you all of the time.Assuming makes an ass out you and me.EDITED: Fixed quote tag error- kitkatz, Moderator
I also love when you tell them something and they say, "Are you sure?" I had this when I was in the ER. They were asking me about dialysis and I told them I do home hemo. They said, "You mean PD." I said, "No, I do home hemo." I pulled up my sleeve and showed them my fistula, then pulled up my shirt and showed them I don't have a tube. The ER dr's response, "Well I didn't think patients were allowed to do that!" It was all I could do to keep a straight face!
My youngest son has decided that a product called, I don't know, something with a Q in it can cure my kidney disease. Oh, of course it can my son!!! He sends me all these testimonials which in opinion are hogwash. I am seriously thinking of murdering him.
a friend: "I'd like to start a web campaign to see if we can someone to donate a kidney to you".me: Great. But, since it's bad manners to ask someone to do something you wouldn't do, why don't you get tested - that way you can either donate or head the campaign off with "I can't but maybe you can".response: silence
actual convo-dr is asking me why i think i am fluid overloaded...me: because i feel like i am, and the er dr said i have congestive heart failure...dr: But, do you really?me: .... *blinks* .... *shrugs* i have no idea.... im not a dr. whhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I am planning to do nocturnal. Two friends already asked me if they could sit with me while my treatment goes on. I said, no, the idea is, I do nocturnal so that it can go while I am asleep. I appreciate the sentiment, however, I wish they would listen to me when I say NO!!!
Quote from: NDXUFan on September 17, 2013, 04:15:10 PMOh Geez! Makes you want to scream. I love it when the medical profession assumes you are diabetic because you have kidney failure. I think I had to tell every medical professional that came into my room this last surgery that I am NOT diabetic! One nurse even said well "most of our kidney failure patients ARE diabetics, too." I just laugh now. What else are you going to do?One nurse's assistant even asked me, when I had asked for a cup of tea, "Can you have tea?" You would think I would know what I can and cannot have especially in the hospital where they watch you all of the time.ND:Yes, and they are making themselves look like an ass, each and every day. Assuming makes an ass out you and me.EDITED: Fixed quote tag error- kitkatz, Moderator
Quote from: MomoMcSleepy on October 16, 2013, 07:04:22 PMQuote from: NDXUFan on September 17, 2013, 04:15:10 PMOh Geez! Makes you want to scream. I love it when the medical profession assumes you are diabetic because you have kidney failure. I think I had to tell every medical professional that came into my room this last surgery that I am NOT diabetic! One nurse even said well "most of our kidney failure patients ARE diabetics, too." I just laugh now. What else are you going to do?One nurse's assistant even asked me, when I had asked for a cup of tea, "Can you have tea?" You would think I would know what I can and cannot have especially in the hospital where they watch you all of the time.Assuming makes an ass out you and me.EDITED: Fixed quote tag error- kitkatz, ModeratorI also love when you tell them something and they say, "Are you sure?" I had this when I was in the ER. They were asking me about dialysis and I told them I do home hemo. They said, "You mean PD." I said, "No, I do home hemo." I pulled up my sleeve and showed them my fistula, then pulled up my shirt and showed them I don't have a tube. The ER dr's response, "Well I didn't think patients were allowed to do that!" It was all I could do to keep a straight face!
OMG, if I had a dollar for every time I got told BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL that home hemo means PD, I would be rolling in dough. But on the good side, once I politely educated the uninformed person that no, I really mean home HEMO and yes, I stick 15 gauge needles in my arm every day (they don't have to know that they are blunts ) I always got mad respect (as the young'uns say). Most medical professionals I met always seemed to have a needle phobia of some sort. They were more than happy to stick someone else but they always admitted that they could never stick themselves. Quote from: CebuShan on October 28, 2013, 09:20:55 AMI also love when you tell them something and they say, "Are you sure?" I had this when I was in the ER. They were asking me about dialysis and I told them I do home hemo. They said, "You mean PD." I said, "No, I do home hemo." I pulled up my sleeve and showed them my fistula, then pulled up my shirt and showed them I don't have a tube. The ER dr's response, "Well I didn't think patients were allowed to do that!" It was all I could do to keep a straight face!
Had an actual, real MD in the hospital tell me "I didn't know that" when I explained why potential transplant candidates such as myself wish to avoid tranfusions.Had another MD at the same hospital tell me "I didn't know they did that" (referring to home hemo)Had my vascular surgeon (who did great work) tell me "I don't think home hemo is a good idea, you have professionals at the clinic taking care of things"
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