Comments on: What she said

By: Me

Me — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:01 +0000

And never go to the hospital with a relative whose in your will who needs the money and whose love you doubt.

By: Francine hardaway

Francine hardaway — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:22:42 +0000

More important are our individual differences, about which even the most committed hospital staff can’t know in advance. People have small infirmities with which they live on an everyday basis, but when they go to the hospital, no one knows about them and life is made much less comfortable. These including eating and sleeping habits, arthritis, and a blood disorder like yours.

Doc, this isn’t a function of getting old and the body wearing out, either. It’s a function of individual differences:-) Look at Suzi — she’s 37. Don’t think “old.”

By: Canthook

Canthook — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:47:58 +0000

Why You Need A Medical Advocate…

Em was an RN. There’s nothing average about an RN, of course, but Em wasn’t an average RN. She even wrote a book on pharmacology, used in nursing schools, but that wasn’t what made her very special as a nurse.

Most nurses work for the hospital, or …

By: marianne richmond

marianne richmond — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:39:44 +0000

Agree 100%…and would add, write everything down especially the answers to your million questions.

Even though hospitals ask YOU the same questions a million times and write the answers down, they never look at the answers again.

Don’t assume that just because you told them that you were allergic to morphine and had breast cancer 10 years ago (and you watched them write it down) will mean that someone won’t try and give you morphine or that they will order a bone scan for that pain you have in your shoulder.