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No. 10
from psalm
Old Jan 07, 2008, 04:03 PM

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Well, he was in a drugged state and with a full bladder. How much of his column was drama and how much was fact. I can tell you from experience that meds can do a number on how we remember things. It sounds like he has enuff facts to confuse the issue...and btw did you see his plug for his book? Hmmmmm...
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No. 11
from bethin
Old Jan 07, 2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by diarygirl512 View Post
What the????

Does he not realize that not breathing and not being able to urinate are side effects of OVERSEDATION???

Someone needs some education about pain management expectation post-operatively!

Other than that - the punctuation was bad, and it did not make sense enough for me to say anything else.

I thought the same thing. He was taking alot of pain medications and he probably should have been admitted directly ater surgery instead of going home. He then would have bypassed triage. But that was his decision.

I think he's a bit misguided: nurses are human and no, they don't wear angel wings on their shoulders. If he was so worried or had a problem he could have asked to speak to a supervisor or charge nurse.

I'm not a nurse, but I had no idea you could take all those pain meds at once and still breathe.
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No. 12
Old Jan 07, 2008, 04:42 PM

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I thought fentanyl patches were strongly contraindicated for post-op pain. That would make me very nervous. His ranting about how fentanyl is an end-of-life drug was a little silly though. I've given it to many a patient who wasn't dying.

Anyway, it does sound like he had some unfortunate post-op complications and significant discomfort. I definitely see some legitimate concerns in his writing. Maybe that one big guy nurse wasn't helpful. And I definitely would have worked hard to assess his pain level and assure him about his fears about breathing. So he encountered some not-so-helpful staff. But he also wanted some red carpet treatment, too.

Bad writing, I agree. I wasn't exactly moved to tears.
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No. 13
from siggie13
Old Jan 07, 2008, 05:01 PM

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I agree with everyone else. He obviously does not know enough to be spouting off like that and I cannot imagine any doctor prescribing all those meds for him! He sounded like he was still on quite abit and I do believe he probably had a hemmorrhoidectomy which is painful but really!. To me, it also sounds like his doctor was passing the buck to the hospital staff to deal with this difficult patient for him. One bad experience and he condemns the whole system...did sound like he expected "special" treatment because of his job. Thanks for the post...very interesting.
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No. 14
from Penny8611
Old Jan 07, 2008, 05:02 PM

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Not that I have an opinion, or anything, but Glenn Beck is an unmitigated moron.

I'm just sayin'.
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No. 15
from oramar
Old Jan 07, 2008, 05:27 PM

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Several times I have come across him on his tv show, always very whiny, very self rightous. Don't like him, would not give creadence to anything he says.
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No. 16
Old Jan 07, 2008, 05:55 PM

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A friend is still angry years later because the nurses told her there were no dogs under her bed after surgery.
She is mad at me because when I visited her I actually looked under the bed and told her there were no dogs.

She still thinks I sided with the nurses against her.
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No. 17
from emmycRN
Old Jan 07, 2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by siggie13 View Post
I agree with everyone else. He obviously does not know enough to be spouting off like that and I cannot imagine any doctor prescribing all those meds for him! He sounded like he was still on quite abit and I do believe he probably had a hemmorrhoidectomy which is painful but really!. To me, it also sounds like his doctor was passing the buck to the hospital staff to deal with this difficult patient for him. One bad experience and he condemns the whole system...did sound like he expected "special" treatment because of his job. Thanks for the post...very interesting.
Yes. And I think it's ironic that he gives kudos to the "wonderful" docs but complains about the nurses when it it's obvious to me that the docs catering to his every whim (probably due to his "celebrity status) was what landed him in this situation.
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No. 18
from emmycRN
Old Jan 07, 2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by spacenurse View Post
A friend is still angry years later because the nurses told her there were no dogs under her bed after surgery.
She is mad at me because when I visited her I actually looked under the bed and told her there were no dogs.

She still thinks I sided with the nurses against her.
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No. 19
from Altra
Old Jan 07, 2008, 06:02 PM

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If Glenn Beck thinks that a hemmrhoidectomy and Fentanyl trip conjure up horror-movie style despair ... he's obviously had a blessed life.

What a whiner.
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