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Heart catheterization, anyone ??
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luckydog
Charter Member 2014
Thanks for your concern Daveroo, but it didn't happen.
I walked out.
Got there at 8:30 this morning and checked in. They took me back to the prep room almost immediately.
Changed into a gown, re-opened the curtains and sat there watching the nurse fiddle with something.
A guy (male nurse?) walks by and the nurse says: "Oh Robin, you're Mr. Luckdog's IV team (?) today!"
The guy looks startled and confused. "I am?", he responds.
She hands him a wad of tubing, a needle and prep kit.
He swabs the back of my hand but can't seem to get the cap off the needle. The other nurse helps.
"You've got such lovely veins", the guy says and, jabs the needle into a big one.
"Oopsy", he says, "I think I went all the way through !". He twists and pulls and pushes but can't seem to get it right.
Finally, he withdraws the needle completely (looking perplexed) and has me press a gauze pad to the puncture. "Maybe the other hand........".
"Other hand my ass", I said. "Thats it......I'm outa here". After I'm dressed, a doctor (Doogy Howser's twin) walks up and asks what the problem is.
I told him if they couldn't get a little needle into a big fat vein, I wasn't gonna let them try poking a big tube into an artery. And walked out.
UNC is a training hospital. When I got home I looked them up on the computer. They're not even rated in cardiology. I'll see if I can't set something up with Duke ( they're nationally rated ).
Call me a "crybaby", I don't care.
LD
I walked out.
Got there at 8:30 this morning and checked in. They took me back to the prep room almost immediately.
Changed into a gown, re-opened the curtains and sat there watching the nurse fiddle with something.
A guy (male nurse?) walks by and the nurse says: "Oh Robin, you're Mr. Luckdog's IV team (?) today!"
The guy looks startled and confused. "I am?", he responds.
She hands him a wad of tubing, a needle and prep kit.
He swabs the back of my hand but can't seem to get the cap off the needle. The other nurse helps.
"You've got such lovely veins", the guy says and, jabs the needle into a big one.
"Oopsy", he says, "I think I went all the way through !". He twists and pulls and pushes but can't seem to get it right.
Finally, he withdraws the needle completely (looking perplexed) and has me press a gauze pad to the puncture. "Maybe the other hand........".
"Other hand my ass", I said. "Thats it......I'm outa here". After I'm dressed, a doctor (Doogy Howser's twin) walks up and asks what the problem is.
I told him if they couldn't get a little needle into a big fat vein, I wasn't gonna let them try poking a big tube into an artery. And walked out.
UNC is a training hospital. When I got home I looked them up on the computer. They're not even rated in cardiology. I'll see if I can't set something up with Duke ( they're nationally rated ).
Call me a "crybaby", I don't care.
LD
Daveroo
Members +
wow..id have walked out to..have a talk with your dr..let him know you dont ever,for any reason,wish to be sent to that horsepital again...and if he does..then he will be speaking with the states regulatory comision..in california..there is a website..you download a form..fill it out and mail it in..in days the dr is contacted and usually the issue is presolved....
off topic..but i had an issue with kidney stones..have had for years..went to this guy and he did some things which didnt make sence,after several visits,and no help,while i was in his office waiting to see him,the receptionist walked out and handed me a registered letter,i had to sign for it,,it told me he refused to see me as a patient from that time forward,,but gave no reasons,...i went back to my GP and he sent me to a new urologist,,this one said nicely he wouldnt acept me,the second one,made an appointment,but when i was again in the waiting room,the receptionist said in a loud voice,,,sir you will not be seen by the dr because you are on the high risk list,,i asked what that meant and she said it meant that a privious dr thinks i (baiscally) am faking it...
this news irritated me to no end....so i went home and made some phone calls,,looked into the first drs schooling,bacck ground,citizinship,and other things...ended up filing a complaint with the state medical board agaisnt him, i recieved a second registered letter from him saying i coulld return for treatment,but i refused and passed that on as evidence.....i can now see any urologist i need,,,(none have helped me,ive passed 12 stones in 7 months,the size of a BB) and i was told that the dr in question has returned to India...
rant over...but bottomline is....fight back when somethings not right....that old saying.."cant fight city hall" is long gone
off topic..but i had an issue with kidney stones..have had for years..went to this guy and he did some things which didnt make sence,after several visits,and no help,while i was in his office waiting to see him,the receptionist walked out and handed me a registered letter,i had to sign for it,,it told me he refused to see me as a patient from that time forward,,but gave no reasons,...i went back to my GP and he sent me to a new urologist,,this one said nicely he wouldnt acept me,the second one,made an appointment,but when i was again in the waiting room,the receptionist said in a loud voice,,,sir you will not be seen by the dr because you are on the high risk list,,i asked what that meant and she said it meant that a privious dr thinks i (baiscally) am faking it...
this news irritated me to no end....so i went home and made some phone calls,,looked into the first drs schooling,bacck ground,citizinship,and other things...ended up filing a complaint with the state medical board agaisnt him, i recieved a second registered letter from him saying i coulld return for treatment,but i refused and passed that on as evidence.....i can now see any urologist i need,,,(none have helped me,ive passed 12 stones in 7 months,the size of a BB) and i was told that the dr in question has returned to India...
rant over...but bottomline is....fight back when somethings not right....that old saying.."cant fight city hall" is long gone
Toastmaker
Charter Member 2016
Smart move, LD - really. Sorry for the delay you'll have to have but you can do a LOT better than that !
aeromed202
SOH-CM-2014
Big second on Toastmaster. Bug out, and find a new place to get this done. Those doofuses made so many screw ups that didn't even deal with clinical proficiency that my jaw dropped. So seriously, presumably this procedure still needs to be done so start with your doctor to find a new site. Don't let these clowns distract from the real need, just skewer them later.