Watching the clock expecting the doctor to make his first round and reminding the nurse i would like to leave.
The nurse comes back after an hour or so talking on a cell phone. Seems the doctor will asses me via phone. Wow now i'm not sure if he is the best doctor or the worst but i gather he is out of town selling his pyramid health product. It must be no other doctors are in the house.
So i pay my bill and the doctors aditional bills...
convinced my doctor is a nut-job i still follow his prescription of no medical benifit pills and juice. As i read some more of his delightfull pyramid sales rubbish it seems the company has been about for more than 10 years but still can't "prove" anything.
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White male from Sydney Australia visits Cebu Philippines. My day to day take on things. Personal, Educational, Humor and Randomness.
Showing posts with label air in my iv line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air in my iv line. Show all posts
Friday, December 23, 2011
Escape the crazy house
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
A few more bubbles in my iv line later
Having given a 2nd sample of a dark cloudy bloody stool sample and the doctor recommending i purchase more of these from his surgery he gives me a box relating to the product.
It's a pyramid scheme. Sell to your friends and they sell to friends everyone is happy and makes this much money per month! Yay...
Clearly i'm just wasting a bed here and paying for it. I would rather rest at home so i ask to be discharged but the doctor is unavailable.
Just before bed the nurse comes in and gives me some more bubbles in my iv line... thanks..
It's a pyramid scheme. Sell to your friends and they sell to friends everyone is happy and makes this much money per month! Yay...
Clearly i'm just wasting a bed here and paying for it. I would rather rest at home so i ask to be discharged but the doctor is unavailable.
Just before bed the nurse comes in and gives me some more bubbles in my iv line... thanks..
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Lapu-Lapu,
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Science and Medicine
Being a hospital i naturally get the feeling "leave it to the experts they will work it out" so in a way relax thinking they will find the correct solution and apply it the safest manor.
But.. Here comes the nurse and informs me this is the medication i must take
But.. Here comes the nurse and informs me this is the medication i must take
- An expensive berry juice with a label "no proven medical benefits"
- and a tablet from a bottle also with the label "no proven medical benefits"
I'm sure the "no proven medical benefits" part is not a selling tactic.
The only type of pain killer i have the choice of can only be given every 8 hours and seems to only work for 3-4hours. Asking about other options well not really, give me half then another half of that i can have after 4 hours to try and spread it out can't do that.. I'm starting to think i'm in a bad movie only to see the nurse push an air bubble into my iv line when she gives the pain killer.
Not taking any notice i kink the hose and point out the 2inch air lock just about to enter my hand. She promptly unkinks the hose and gives it a flick "that's fine" i guess she knows best.
Carefully watching as they replace my iv fluid another air bubble travels down the iv line and i ask again "is that ok?" and she reply "that's normal".
A little bit alarmed thinking i haven't been watching every time they touch the line no doubt i'm gonna start ballooning with all this air entering my veins? A quick jump on google gives me some data on how much air it takes to kill a person... those bubbles in the IV line are not very much i suppose.
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