Hey Stacy,
Just wanted to say it's great to have you back with us all again! I'm
really sorry to hear about how you was treated in hospital, you poor
thing!! Are they going to take any action with how you was treated to
ensure that it won't happen again to anyone else?
Love Smurf xxx
In a message dated 04/06/2005 16:03:09 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey everybody I'm home.
Let me tell you that hospitals are not always set up even if you try to
prepare early. We need to make sure doubly. When I made the
arrangements to be admitted, I let them know what I needed for a commode since
I am not able to transfer to a toilet. They assured me that they would
have it. Different story when I got there. I should have done my
bowel prep at home. I got there at 9 a.m. and let them know what I
needed and they told me they didn't even have a drop arm commode. They
ended up picking me up to put me on the standard commode they had. I
drank the nasty mags citrate and didn't have any results. They gave me a
suppository, nothing. They made me drink mineral oil and milk of
magnesia, nothing. They then put me back in bed and gave me an
enema. I was put on the commode at 9 p.m. and they had security put me
back in bed at 4. I was never so humiliated in my life when they did
that. I guess the night nurses are too good for lifting. The sad
thing is that I am not that heavy that they shouldn't have been able to do it
themselves. If they had the commode I needed, I could have digitally
stimulated and been done hours before. They had no compassion about it.
I cried the whole entire night and all they kept telling me is that my bowels
needed to be emptied for the surgery. Well I knew that but doesn't help
when they put me through what they did. I'm glad I didn't have to go
back to that floor after surgery but my doctor did say that he went back to
them and let them have it. I should have known better than to schedule
the surgery on my 4th yr anniversary. It just had a bad vibe all
together.
I ended up going to the step down unit of the I.C.U. because they didn't
have room anywhere. I spent 2 days there where the care was of course
great and then off to a regular floor again where they treated me so
well. They were so sympathetic to my pain. It's been a week since
the surgery and I am still sore. I feel like I should be back to my old
routine as soon as my skin heals and the staples come out. I know all
the aggravation will be worth it then. So far my only regret is
that I didn't make absolute sure that the hospital had some sort of commode
that they arm rest removed so I could do the transfer.
I should be able to use the stoma to cath in a couple of
weeks. I'm excited. they left the foley in place until that
happens. They lifted my bladder, turned up the ureter (sp?) so I wont
leak after they take out the foley. The doctor mentioned a port I could
get to hook to my large intestines so I could flush my bowels. It's a
tube from my abdomen to my large intestines. I just flush through a mini
emema or even warm water when I want to do my bowel prep and I'm done in no
time. I don't really have bowel issues aside from sitting there waiting
a long time and since they were there doing the stoma anyhow, the doctors
seemed to think it was a good idea. If I don't like it then I can get it
removed in an office visit.
For those of you that wished me well, thank you, I appreciate it.
Stacy
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