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spinal consultant appointment (OT)
I went to the hospital today to see him. He was really charming (unusual)
as he is one of those surgeons that is self-important and you hardly dare to speak to such a god-like creature..Lesley will know what I mean. We discussed the semi paralysis of my right hand caused by breaking my neck and how I can't write or sew a button on etc. He said it still might improve a bit but maybe not. I asked why there was such a horrible dent in the back of my neck - he had to take a bone graft to get it all together and that I was lucky that I didn't die (having refused to go to hospital with many fractures for 2 weeks because of Boyfie) That's the first time I knew about a bone graft. I'm not surprised given that he didnt tell me that I was being operated on the next day. I found out about that when some nurses came to take blood "for your operation tomorrow" I said "what operation?, I'm not having an operation" they said I was. I said I was not. I was.. |
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On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 11:16:34 AM UTC-8, Christina Websell wrote:
...Lesley will know what I mean. I do!3+ years working with orthopaedic surgeons worth of knowledge Although I did find the spinal and hand people tended to be nicer then the hip and knee brigade many of whom were nigh on certifiable psychotics including one who was eventually sacked (and it's bloody hard to sack a consultant) after the theatre nurses refused to work with him, their lead nurse saw him pick a drain up off the floor in mid-operation i.e. he was gowned up and that rendered him unsterile. And his post-op complication rate had been well over average for some months. And when I say sacked- he was banned from the theatres and shoved into a research post (he was best mates with the head of the unit) He was weird. He would storm in and scream at me and demand I was sacked at least twice a week because I couldn't transcribe his tapes properly (He had a thick accent and didn't try...one day I asked several other people to listen to what he was saying and we all agreed it sounded like he was saying "In the kitchen with a boy and two camels having toffee!" Then one Monday he stormed in ready to scream at me and I wasn't there so he snarled "Where is she?!" And Cherie said "She won't be in this week her mum died yesterday afternoon" He apparently stopped dead and went "Not her mum that's so sad" and burst into years And the next week when I got back there was a lovely condolence card and flowers from him on my desk And 10 minutes later he stormed in demanding I get sacked... Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Christina Websell wrote: I went to the hospital today to see him. He was really charming (unusual) as he is one of those surgeons that is self-important and you hardly dare to speak to such a god-like creature..Lesley will know what I mean. We discussed the semi paralysis of my right hand caused by breaking my neck and how I can't write or sew a button on etc. He said it still might improve a bit but maybe not. I asked why there was such a horrible dent in the back of my neck - he had to take a bone graft to get it all together and that I was lucky that I didn't die (having refused to go to hospital with many fractures for 2 weeks because of Boyfie) That's the first time I knew about a bone graft. I'm not surprised given that he didnt tell me that I was being operated on the next day. I found out about that when some nurses came to take blood "for your operation tomorrow" I said "what operation?, I'm not having an operation" they said I was. I said I was not. I was.. I don't understand - however "urgent" it may be, don't you have the right to refuse ANY surgery or medical procedure? (So long as you are of legal age and able to communicate?) |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I went to the hospital today to see him. He was really charming (unusual) as he is one of those surgeons that is self-important and you hardly dare to speak to such a god-like creature..Lesley will know what I mean. We discussed the semi paralysis of my right hand caused by breaking my neck and how I can't write or sew a button on etc. He said it still might improve a bit but maybe not. I asked why there was such a horrible dent in the back of my neck - he had to take a bone graft to get it all together and that I was lucky that I didn't die (having refused to go to hospital with many fractures for 2 weeks because of Boyfie) That's the first time I knew about a bone graft. I'm not surprised given that he didnt tell me that I was being operated on the next day. I found out about that when some nurses came to take blood "for your operation tomorrow" I said "what operation?, I'm not having an operation" they said I was. I said I was not. I was.. I don't understand - however "urgent" it may be, don't you have the right to refuse ANY surgery or medical procedure? (So long as you are of legal age and able to communicate?) Yes, that's true but having a partially dislocated fracture of the neck which could have slipped any time and paralysed me put me in a difficult position about refusing what the surgeon decided to do. Apparently, special tools have to be acquired and this particular operation can only be done once a fortnight on a Monday. Maybe he decided to do it on the Friday (we never see consultants appearing at our bedside at the weekend) and just forgot to tell the nursing staff to advise me. Anyway, it was a good thing. Eventually. I was more disabled by having to be flat on my back for a month to recover. I could hardly walk when I came out of hospital in March and had to be cared for until July. I will never completely recover the use of my right hand but I've learnt to write again with different fingers involved. My occupational therapist does not like this but my surgeon says it's fine to write any way I can. Not being able to write..imagine that. |
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