Have I mentioned I hate hospitals….?

2021-01-07

What a week….
So I have been in and out of hospital/dr clinics for the last few weeks again, and am a bit muzzy when it comes to what day it is, let alone what date it is… resulting in being a bit discombobulated…
and then B ended up being non-weight bearing in her hind end Monday (she got injured playing with her Newfie/malamute boyfriend – he love-tapped/shoulder-checked her into the fence). With tramadol and opioids she is back to walking, but now is annoyingly sucky and needy.

Anyway, stress continues to affect my hormones… which then affects my ability to absorb calcium and magnesium. This means I keep going low.
And that means I have been having facial spasms (irritating and uncomfortable), muscle contractures (super painful), and cardiac issues (tachycardic and erratically arrhthymic… and I already have an arrhythmia).
So my “doctor” (ie the sweet guy on Babylon Health because the “actual” doctor that I supposedly now have never gets back to anyone including the pharmacist – so I ran out of calcitriol… which exacerbated the issues) decided I needed to go “get checked out and have tests run” faster than if we just tried to go through the normal referral procedure because the specialist he spoke with was concerned if I just went into urgent care in Cochrane if something was seriously wrong they’d have to ship me to Calgary anyway

thankfully I only had to wait in the triage waiting room for a couple of hours
and then they moved me to a bed
Instead I sat/lay there for forever… having multiple sets of heart and serological tests
and despite it all the …. doctor … decided not to go with an infusion… 
I told everyone it was just my calcium, that there was nothing wrong with my heart
but no one listens… this is why I don’t talk to doctors 

Then the ER doc also had the nerve to read me the riot act about following up with my “family doctor” because he ordered tests but then didn’t wait for results before sending me home.
But of course the tests were ordered on HIS licence, so if there is an issue… it’s him on the hook.
The annoyed rambunctious “I hate hospitals” me, felt like saying
“the other tests aren’t going to say something different… my calcium is low and my magnesium is borderline, and you’ve already told me that my heart is healthy… I have been through this umpteen times and I can tell from the symptoms I am showing… but no worries – you don’t want to infuse me … fine. But that is YOUR call – after making me wait all this time to make a decision… so you SHOULD be on the hook 🤬”….
Of course I just smiled and gritted my teeth. To which the nursing staff remarked “she’s sweet but getting impatient” and laughed.

Yes I have been in health care for the last 25 years…. so I should be more patient.
But REALLY????
ok… rant over… sometimes you just need to blow off steam. 🙂