I ain't right in the head...

[Doug M.]

I work really hard no matter the discomfort to be nice to my medical providers. They have been wonderful almost across the board, especially the nurses. I have been a bit verbose, like after my recent shoulder surgery, because the pain was significant and my potty mouth was gratifying if involuntary.

 

[pawngal]

I've never had any major medical issues but I've been known to bite dentists. And then they might say some bad words!

 

[JohnRippert]

Glad you made it through, twice. When I was in the hospital they would not let me wear pants. After my first walk around my wing where I ended up mooning everyone I tried a little Roman ingenuity. Hope you don't have any more issues.

 

[Doug627]

I worked in a hospital for four years as a respiratory therapist in my mid-20s. I and the people I worked with never took abuse from a sick or injured person personally. We were all compassionate and understanding. We knew when people were not in their right mind, were experiencing pain or were just plain scared. The compassion extended to family and loved ones of the patients as well. Everyone got our best care.

 

[boykinlp]

bigride, Hope and pray you are feeling better, with full strength, very soon!
Larry

My younger brother had a brain aneurysm back in the ‘90s. I vividly remember seeing him in intensive care, with his head swollen to the size of a large pumpkin, and some kind of clear plastic container on the top of his head, with a tube going to it, to collect drainage from his brain. He looked like a percolator! Like bigride, the prognosis wasn’t good, but he thankfully came through it.
Larry

 

[Doug M.]

The changes in medical care in the last 3 decades or so are amazing. I am a tribute to such. One of my colleagues had an AWFUL pregnancy with a seriously early delivery. The little one was in the NICU for most of 4 months, and she came back to work most of that time. She got him back and went on mommy leave about the time he would have been due. They are both a tribute to modern care. How she is not completely crazy after that is amazing to me.