Re: Well what the heck!

Good for you! Although it would have been better if this had been
prevented, you have given a good solid nudge (or kick in the pants) to those
health care workers as a reminder to remain ever vigilant on their job.
It's good you called back.

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"NightMist" <nightmiste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well I got ahold of a live human at the clinic and had a chat.
Ended up talking to the original PA, and he took responsability saying
he should have alerted the doctor to any sensitivities before I saw
her. I'm just happy that they had not prescribed one of the
antibiotics I am allergic to in addition. The combination would have
probably either landed me inpatiant or killed me outright.
As is they told me to lay off the codiene but keep taking the
antihistamines. Apparently based on the fact that I got sick on a trip
south they are wagering on the allergic rection notion. PA said he
bets I am allergic to live oak. Seems that that particular allergy is
wicked on the lungs, and actually can cause pneumonia. Looks like he
at least read up on the possibilities. Or they see a lot of it this
time of year.

NightMist

On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:08:59 +0200, Roberta <Roberta@Home> wrote:

Aack! Sometimes I think it's no coincidence that hospitals full of
sick people are also full of doctors. So glad you seem to be feeling
better, and the long nap probably did some good even it if was
toxically-induced.
Tell DH you need some strawberries and cream to go with sitting on a
cushion and sewing a fine seam.
Roberta in D

On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:49:26 GMT, nightmiste@xxxxxxxxx (NightMist)
wrote:



I was going to restart the word of the day today.
I was going try and catch up on some of the gardening I am desperately
behind on.
I was going to polish up the last bit of quilting on a bag for DD1's
air mattress. Just a canvas sack with batting so it is protected from
pokey things. An excellent opportunity to play with assorted patterns
and stuff.

Instead, DH decided yesterday morning that I needed to see the doctor.
Of course it makes perfect sense to go after the fever has broken, and
I have coughed up most of the goo that was clogging my chest. Oy!
And of course we had to spend forever sitting at the clinic. At least
an archeological age in the waiting room, and acouple of epochs in the
exam room. And then the PA decided I actually needed to see a doctor,
so I got to sit and wait for a few geological eras longer. I swear I
saw a glacier go racing past. Finally the doctor decided I had "a
touch of pneumonia", wrote me some prescriptions that I didn't want,
and sent me toddling off. Of course DH came in with me this time, and
got to hear that I am supposed to rest and take drugs.
Of course the doctor, who looks like she is still wet behind the ears,
couldn't be bothered to actually read my chart, and of course she
prescribed something I ought not have. DH went and fetched all the
stuff and then nagged it into me before I had a chance to look at the
literature. So I got a full dose of codiene syrup between 1 and 2:00
yesterday afternoon, and as a result just woke up about half an hour
ago. Usually our pharmacist catches mistakes like that before I am
poisoned.
You bet I am going to call them up tommorow and express my
displeasure. I don't think she meant me to rest quite as much as I
will if I take the stupid stuff, especially since it means sleeping
through the times I am supposed to take more of everything.

I am _so_ ditching the scripts and going back to OTC guaifenesin and
homegrown ephedra. At least I know that that won't do bad things to
me, and oddly enough it seems to have also fixed the wierd twinging I
was getting across my ribs (a completely seperate thing that I get
sporadicly). I'll have to remember that affect because nothing else
has ever worked on that and usually I just have to suffer until it is
gone. Wish I knew if it was one of them or the combination, I may
experiment in the future.

I convinced DH that sitting in a comfy chair doing handwork is
resting. I had to threaten him with a bodkin, but he did decide to
agree with me on that point. I think mostly because I have spent the
majority of the last half hour working to convince him that it is not
his fault that the doctor is lazy. Plus he knows that the odds of
keeping me in bed after a 14 hour nap are not good.

NightMist
now my days are all messed up...

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