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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: thegrammalady on August 29, 2007, 08:19:09 PM

Title: It's Been One Of Those Days
Post by: thegrammalady on August 29, 2007, 08:19:09 PM: :rant; my turn

sometimes i wonder just why people think they should get paid for not doing their job.

the day started at 2:30 when i got up because i couldn't sleep. i get to dialysis at 5:15 which is officially on time, they had already let people in. so i and two others who were there early stood there ringing the bell for 5 minutes. i finally called the nurses station to ask them to open the door. they actually answered the phone.

things were fairly uneventful until the tech brought by a "teaching tool" for me to sign. at least this time they didn't want to read it to me. any way, the form hasn't been updated. the old social workers name is still on the form and it talks about cleaning and reusing dialyziers and how they are labled for safety. we haven't used that type of dialyzer for several months. i refused to sign it. upset the apple cart i did.

THEN....i have had periods of getting very very hot the doctor is trying to figure out why. i have a perma-cath and they are worried about infection, so on monday they drew blood cultures. doctor came by at the end of session today and had the nurse call the lab for initial results, not wanting to prescribe antibiotics without some indication that they were necessary. guess what THE LAB LOST THE SAMPLE. so more blood and we start all over. doctor's going to talk to the surgeon, he thinks we should probably just take this cath out and put in a new one.

at anyrate i'm still super hot and we don't know why. :rant;
Title: Re: It's Been One Of Those Days
Post by: Black on August 29, 2007, 09:50:01 PM: I would be so >:( ! Appears you are doing everything right and putting up with very sloppy care and attention. :2thumbsup; to you for speaking up about the form and not signing it!

Is your temperature elevated?
Title: Re: It's Been One Of Those Days
Post by: okarol on August 29, 2007, 09:53:10 PM: Hot flashes? Maybe you're too young?
:-[
Title: Re: It's Been One Of Those Days
Post by: thegrammalady on August 29, 2007, 10:13:45 PM: no elevated temp

hot flashes, been there done that, got the t-shirt to prove it. as of yet there doesn't seem to be any explanation
Title: Re: It's Been One Of Those Days
Post by: KICKSTART on August 30, 2007, 06:09:55 AM: I would be interested to know what causes the heat ..as i have been like this for months and months. I do CAPD , i have had blood tests (nothing shows up there) I dont sweat , i dont have a temp , im just very 'hot' :rant;