emmy41lgpn

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1. Follow Up To My GI experience

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   Dolce--I'm sure he knows about Medicare fraud--both his parents are physicians---he is from Colombia,or Columbia, however you spell it He speaks beautiful English, and has managed to become a gastroenterologist, so I would imagine that he know...

2. Follow Up To My GI experience

   emmy41lgpn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, all: This is an up-date on the gastroenterologist with no answering service who did my endoscopy which resulted in my being hospitalized for G. I. bleeding requiring a blood transfusion. I DID complain to the hospital about not bei...

3. Am I wrong?

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   Me, again--the gastroenterologist called me today.He told me that he is always on call for his patients, through the hospital operator,but that she had apparently not been told this. I dont know if I can swallow that one, or not. Yes, pun intended. H...

4. Trauma Naked?

   emmy41lgpn replied to mark90's topic in General Nursing

   Amazed AND amused at the responses about this incident as compared to responses to my question-------mdesty is more important than G.I. bleeding?

5. Am I wrong?

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, Mara.

6. Am I wrong?

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   rn/writer-------you said it PERFECTLY--thank you!

7. Am I wrong?

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   Okay--thank you all for your opinions. Hope none of you are ever in the same position. Keep on keepin on------

8. Am I wrong?

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   OMG! I am just trying to say that the gastroenteroligist who did the endoscopy, and took 40 biopsies, left me with NO WAY to contact him.And no-one to contact in case of a problem. HOW can you do an invasive procedure which causes a complication and ...

9. Am I wrong?

   emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

   chenoaspirit-------- So we have 2 things in common---Kentucky, and a hemi-colectomy. Would you care to share your story with me? I havent had a chance to talk to anyone concerning my surgery--other patients, I mean. Im doing fairly well---but have l...

10. Am I wrong?

    emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, all----more fuel for the fire. I sat down this morning and called 15 different Doctors, numbers I had picked at random--its a Sunday morning. ALL of them had ways to contact them if needed-even the allergists. When you call the number of the D...

11. Am I wrong?

    emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

    I checked it out--the gastroenterologist who did the upper endoscopy does NOT have an answering service, and is , apparently . never on call, and no-one covers for him. Perhaps it would be a good idea for him to tell his patients that, and to tell ...

12. Am I wrong?

    emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

    chenoaspirit-thank you for your kind post, I appreciate it. I was born in Hazard,Kentucky---just thought I would throw that in--------

13. Am I wrong?

    emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

    MagsMom Thanks for your response.

14. Am I wrong?

    emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

    MeJane19----------I sincerely hope that you have more compassion for your patients than you do for me.

15. Am I wrong?

    emmy41lgpn replied to emmy41lgpn's topic in General Nursing

    Maaybe I need to tell you more about WHY I might be a stickler for details, which I am not. In November. 2004, I was diagnosed with cecal adenocarcinoma, stage 2, with lymphovascular invasion.I had 18 inches of my colon removed, and had 27 5FU and Le...