3 posts tagged “hospital”

Removing a blood-caked, dried-in bandage is no laughing matter.
I removed one from my knee without too much trouble. But on my knee I could use both hands while seeing what I was doing. Then I did the one on my elbow. I couldn't see the wound, less than half the sticky bandage was in sight. And I only had one hand to do it.
But I did get it off without breaking open the wound or hurting myself.

I made a mistake. I went to the hospital to have the iron pins and wires removed. Everything went well (including the 10hour wait) so they let me go home. Before leaving they offered me some pain killers but I kindly refused them. I also didn't take the prescription for more pain killers. Cause, at that moment I didn't feel any pain.
But later I regretted that. Strongly.
Pain is a strange thing. They give pain killers after an operation (IV type). I got one automatic refill of them but when they wanted t give a new refill at night I said I didn't need it. Same in the morning. And indeed while laying still in bed I didn't feel any pain. Well, not much anyway not enough to use pain killers. But once I got up and walking and sitting on the bus the pain came on. Every bump in the road felt like a hammer blow do my knee. With every corner the bus took it felt like someone tried to twist off mu leg. While the train didn't turn as sharp and didn't bump that hard the rhythmic track bumps just hurt as much.

But, that was yesterday. Today it still hurts but much less. I cannot bend my arm or knee but I don't have to.

Going to hospital for just two days takes an incredible amount of planning and work.
I go back to remove some iron pins from my elbow and to get the steel wires out of my knee. It basically is just about half an hour of work by the doctors. But they want to keep me over-night. Mainly cause they will apply full anesthetics and don't want me to walk out like a half zombie ^_^
Whatever, I am grateful they take in patients from an accident without all that paperwork.
But he is unconscious and bleeding to death!
Hmm, sorry about that. But he has to fill in and sign these sixteen forms before we can take him in.
But can't you see he is dying?!?!!
Well, in that case we have these seven extra forms to be signed and we need an allowance from his insurance (actually three allowances in six-fold) and ...
Arrgh

I don't hate hospitals, I only hate bureaucracies.