if the bullet don't get you, the needle will

[lizwilliams]

Woke up in the night and had to ask for painkillers in a voice which I thought was a polite whisper, but which brought the ward sister back 30 seconds later with a shot of morphine. Shouty patient was quiet but instead we had old lady:

OL:WHERE AM I?
NURSE: YOU'RE IN HOSPITAL,DEAR!
OL: I DIDN'T COME HERE TO BE EXPERIMENTED ON!
N: BUT YOU'VE ONLY HAD AN X-RAY!

and so on. She spent the night shouting for help in a very dramatic 'oh God, save me!' way. It is like being incarcerated with a very bad playwright.However, she is 90, blind and evidently a bit bonkers as well, so one must have some tolerance. She is now arguing with the doctor.

Because the drs sit near me, I now know we all have LJ-y handles. We are: Appendix, Other Appendix, ECG, and Gastric Person. I have one, too.

signed
Horse Girl

Comments

[caskared.livejournal.com]

Recover quickly! My grandma had a former ballerina in her ward one time she was in hospital. The lady would dance around the beds doing demi-pliets and graceful arching moves, the nurses would have to coax her back to bed by leading her in a mini-pied piper/lord of the dance style. She also had a screamer, known as 'The Screamer', it's obligatory!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

wow! but good for her.

I have found that the past few yrs of yoga have been really helpful during this, ditto the dance and tai chi, because I can isolate bits of me so as not to strain others!