A lady in my unit had the cops called on her!

[karen547]

There is this lady at my unit, (the one who eats and spits out her sunflower seeds) and she had the cops called on her the other day! She was  upset because she couldnt do treatment. She is on a no IV Benadryl or oral benadryl order.. well she took some benadryl pills before she came to treatment and her BP was really low. She got pissed off. She then accused someone of stealing money from her. She apparently ''left 40 bucks on the window sill''. I was thinking she was lying because why in the hell would you leave money on a window sill in the first place! Anyways she became very irate and was cussing up a storm and tossing things around. I think she left before the cops came, although I am not sure. Anyways I always thought she was a bit looney tunes.. She wasn't allowed back yesterday so im not sure if she wil be returning, but thats okay with everyone anyways  lol

[YLGuy]

Is there a thread that is dedicated to crazy things people have seen at dialysis centers?

[dwcrawford]

Bravo

[dwcrawford]

Doubt the thread is needed.  Been in D 9 weeks so far and I've seen it all.  Daughter of old lady next to me last night thru a fit because ambulance drivers were told to wait in front until here mother was ready.  She wants them there by the bed no later than 3 pm regardless of when mother gets off.  She delayed people getting off machines by keeping staff refereeing... (sp) and when I finally got off she was still in the parking lot bitching.  (not the first time though)

[Tinah1968]

A lady at my Unit is a little off. (Not sure how else to say it in a nice way) she got mad at the tech for the machine beeping and she apperently has issues she spit on the tech. I would have been pissed off if I was the tech. I haven't seen her the past 2 weeks.. I was afraid to ask.

[dwcrawford]

The old fart Roy (actually he is middle aged) calls the tech ever 10 minutes to wrap up his left leg.  The minute she leaves he kicks it off... then calls  her again.

[dwcrawford]

A very nice older man in my bay told me the worse thing was that his chair was broken and didn't tilt right.  I asked if he had told anyone and he said no.  I said they will take care of it if you let them know.  He told Tan that day and had a new chair by the time he was hooked up.  (Score one for Nurses)

[monrein]

Dialysis most definitely does not come with any exemption for your common run-of-the-mill nutbar, wingnut, fruitcake or even the rarer severely mentally ill.  You'd think it would guarantee the rest of us (who of course are always tolerant to the point of extreme sweetness and light) some kind of break from the crazies.

I saw a guy once get so fed up with waiting to be cannulated by a nurse that he jabbed the needle into himself, screamed out a bit in surprise but hey, it was in a good position and he started doing his own needles after that.  Score one for impatience I guess. 

I have a hard time finding anything negative to say about the vast majority of medical personnel I encounter in D.  The few "incidents" have usually been very minor or simple misunderstandings. 

[Rerun]

I don't really want to talk about myself!

                           

[Stacy Without An E]

It takes an incredible amount to offend me, but one evening I was forced to endure Foul-Mouthed Racist Patient for an hour and a half.  She was watching the Obama/McCain debate and the N-word and derogatory statements about the elderly were flying.  We have a lot of Filipino tech's and nurses and she was calling them names too.

I was impressed by the staff because they just ignored her and treated her as they usually would.  A family member came in and she didn't stop and the look on his face was, "Yeah, I know she's crazy.  We can't stand her either."

Fortunately she had missed her earlier shift and that was the only reason she was there at that time.

[RichardMEL]

yep, it's amazing the way some patients(or relatives of same) treat staff!!! Yes, you're sick, possibly in pain, depressed, angry, worried, frustrated(all that) but that doesn't give a license to be a jerk to people or treat them as constant servants, or be rude, or whatever.

I think it's the good patients, and the understanding ones that really keep the staff sane and remind them there's a good reason to come to work. More than once I've had a nurse whisper to me that they love looking after me because I'm so nice and understanding and friendly and easy to look after (aww, shucks!) and that makes me feel good, but when I some of the stuff that goes on (like all you others have seen, as in this thread) I really tip my hats to these people.

You so need a thick skin and a great sense of humour to handle it I think. Luckily I have both (just ask the nurses about my fistula!).

We have one guy in our unit who is getting worse I think. He's an older man, but he has lost most of the idea of politeness. If he wants something he'll just yell at any passing person "you get me....." no please, no excuse me, no thank you....

yay!

[dwcrawford]

Richard, this iis the thrid post of yours I've read tonight.  You're just an ole peace maker aren't you.  Heck, I spend all my time stirring up caca  and you  just come behind and smooth it all over for me, don't you.     

And what about your comment regarding all the girls at your center?  Aren't there any  guys there and are they nice.  You sound like a horn dog to me.... lol      Hope your kidney comes pretty soon so you can come back and visit Houston.  I know some biker bars!

[pamster42000]

I don't really want to talk about myself!

                           
[/quote    Your reply made me laugh 

[RichardMEL]

Well what can I say? I'm a man who likes things smooth 

As for my center most of the staff are female but we have a few guys too. I have one guy who loves to give me grief about football, and there's another who is the star wars fanatic...

Oh and did I mention the patient who asks anyone and everyone he sees to marry him???

[angellady07]

The lady who sits next to me is constantly trying to climb out of her chair. I'm afraid she's going to pull her needles out. Benadryl doesn't work on her. The same lady calls out to one of the techs to come and dance with her. I remember my first day in center thinking this must be what a mental ward is like.

[twirl]

a patient on a shift I was on breaks out in Christmas songs all year -
and he likes to talk about how many young women want to have sex with him and he tells them to ask their fathers -- he goes on about his first wife and what a saint she was and how great the sex was ( in detail) and how he hates his current wife  --     the staff had to tell him to stop it  -

one older man who is now deceased talked to a black tech about how the N-word Mammies used to spank their children  -- once I told that tech to stick the needle up his a** instead of his arm

one patient stands up and conducts the music he is listening too -- blows his needles all the time -
makes me nervous

one older lady kept asking -- "Is my ride here?" over and over -- like children asking. "Are we there yet?"
drove me crazy but I felt for her --

we had one patient who came in cuffs and had policemen with him -- I used to see him walking in the parking lot checking to see if car doors were locked before he was arrested

[dwcrawford]

Wow Twirl, that sounds like a real mad house.  Guess I'll quite gripping about my 3 loonies.  Truthfully though, shouldn't they  maybe have a special place for them with special nurses?  Just a thought ...

[RichardMEL]

Wow Twirl.. you have a collection there!!!

You just have to try to imagine the talk of the staff during their breaks away from the unit floor..... 

The only current "loon" we have is a woman.. her age.. I am not sure.. maybe around 50? She comes in in these great overstuffed "animal" shoes like one day it will be rabbits, and the next it's fluffy dogs or something.. well that's ok, and mostly she's fairly meek but when something upsets her she will go off her rocker and yell about the injustices of her world and how the staff are trying to deliberately make her life misery and how the transport service wants her dog to starve (and all the rest)....

It must be something about dialysis. I wonder at what point I'll lose the plot and go insane.....

[MIbarra]

Wow.. my dialysis unit was pretty much uneventful.. especially compared to some of these stories.

[YLGuy]

I guess my center is uneventful so far.  The guy sitting next to me is a huge man from a VERY rough motorcycle club called the Mongols.  He insists on 6 liters every time but his BP crashes big time towards the end.  The nurse and techs always try and adjust his machine when his BP starts dropping but he yells at them not to touch his F@#&%ing machine.  Whenever they ask him how he is doing he just gives them the finger.  I have seen him get really loopy, not know where he was but as soon as he comes back he tells them to get away. 

The other day when my tech was setting me up I noticed another tech over at this guys machine.  I asked my tech in a very concerned voice if The other tech knew?  Knew what he said.  I said not to f*&^%ing touch his machine!  My tech lost it, he was cracking up so much.

[dwcrawford]

You know, Richard, that may actually be true that it is something with dialysis.  After all the blood to the brain is certainly getting disturbed.  My quote is right .... Soon we will all be insane.