By this I mean they don't take time to explain everything to us the way the would a lay person. For example: Before I had my SPC placed, I had a Foley in. Now I know about Foley caths, have placed more than I will ever care to remember, but had never had one myself. Much less had one that I was going to take home and walk around with. OMG that thing was painful! I seriously thought about buying stock in AZO as much as I was using it.
So when I would walk around, it would bleed. Not a little, like in the hospital when you walk a patient, but a TON. So I called like a good girl, the attending of course was not there so the resident sent me to the ER. They decided I needed another catheter so they put one in. I am not easy to cath-hence the need for a foley in the first place. So it was a bit traumatic. The next day more blood, so they sent me back to the ER who just put me on ABX for 5 days.
Fine so I went to the mountains thinking everything would be fine, but I couldn't walk or move without the thing bleeding and just killing me. Same thing now. Hurts like heck, bleeds like a stuck pig. Urologist says its normal. No need to worry she says. Even with this new SPC I have pain. I think these were made for people who are in the bed, period. Not up and moving around. Its going to take me a while to get used to it thats for sure.
So, I don't want to be talked to like a child, or chastised, but I would like to have a peer discussion without them just thinking "oh, she knows about this stuff", because I might, but when it is on me I need a new lesson.
Thanks for letting me rant.
Lisa
So when I would walk around, it would bleed. Not a little, like in the hospital when you walk a patient, but a TON. So I called like a good girl, the attending of course was not there so the resident sent me to the ER. They decided I needed another catheter so they put one in. I am not easy to cath-hence the need for a foley in the first place. So it was a bit traumatic. The next day more blood, so they sent me back to the ER who just put me on ABX for 5 days.
Fine so I went to the mountains thinking everything would be fine, but I couldn't walk or move without the thing bleeding and just killing me. Same thing now. Hurts like heck, bleeds like a stuck pig. Urologist says its normal. No need to worry she says. Even with this new SPC I have pain. I think these were made for people who are in the bed, period. Not up and moving around. Its going to take me a while to get used to it thats for sure.
So, I don't want to be talked to like a child, or chastised, but I would like to have a peer discussion without them just thinking "oh, she knows about this stuff", because I might, but when it is on me I need a new lesson.
Thanks for letting me rant.
Lisa
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