Dialyzin' Dar

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1. Pharmacists refusing to fill orders for The Pill

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to KarenAR's topic in Activism

   I'm a dialysis patient... will I someday face the same thing if the pharmacist doesn't "believe" in dialysis? I am taking the Pill to regulate an extremely irregular cycle-- thank God I have not run into anyone who refused to fill my prescription. I...

2. Putting noncompliant patient on PD?

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to Dialyzin' Dar's topic in Urology

   ... but in my case, I had nasal staph and was contaminating my catheter every time I hooked up! (No one thought to test me for it before I started PD, but that's a whole 'nother thread! Grrrr!) My technique was excellent, but that didn't matter beca...

3. Putting noncompliant patient on PD?

   Dialyzin' Dar posted a topic in Urology

   We have a noncompliant patient at our unit (comes in late, terminates treatment early) whose doctor is setting up for PD. I did PD for 3 years, and it's difficult even when you're motivated! My question is, why would a doctor recommend home treatmen...

4. PPH and REDHEADS?

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to rtadpole's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am a redhead and I had a c-section, no unusual bleeding after it. I have also read the study about redheads experiencing more pain, and my doctors know this already-- I am always given more anesthesia during operations because I have so frequentl...

5. Talking Dog For Sale... Cheap!

   Dialyzin' Dar posted a topic in Humor

   One day out in the Florida panhandle, a man sees a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog for Sale." He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. The man goes into the backyard and sees a black Lab just sitting there. "You...

6. When One Child Is Enough

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   No, no, in my opinion, it is a given that you tell your children the truth about yourselves and about your relationship to your child. There's such a thing as TOO much 'truth'-- my mother told my sister and I that we were both 'mistakes' and the onl...

7. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I'm on dialysis and have Medicaid, so when anything happens to me-- like when I had a badly sprained ankle-- I get told to go to the ER by the dialysis unit. My nephrologist isn't going to do anything not directly kidney-related, so I have to go to ...

8. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to pumpkin's topic in Relations

   Could you 'deputize' some family members for different things? Like make one in charge of getting more ice water, another in charge of pillow arrangement. Then give them a written list of events that would be 'true' emergencies which they'd need to...

9. "People" avatars?

   Dialyzin' Dar replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

   I just went to that site and made an icon... although my hair is nowhere NEAR that red! :) The bangs are feathered back but they had no picture for that. Still, it does sort of look like me.

10. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    A few hours after my kidney transplant, a nurse stole my dose of morphine. I'd had three shots of it (one per hour) and I knew that first it burned my arm, then made me nauseous, then started to work. Well, the shot that this nurse gave me didn't d...

11. Customer service

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Humor

    My friend Lori experienced a similar problem with her oil company. She kept getting a bill for " 0 dollars and 0 cents." The fifth one came, and it threatened her with shutoff! She called the company and was told, "It's a computer error, and the o...

12. All Bad Nurses - Please Stand Up

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to bcelzo's topic in General Nursing

    To me, a good nurse is one who tells me what I can do for myself. That way, I don't tick her off with needless requests and I can start doing small things for myself while I recover. A few seconds' worth of chit-chat is really appreciated, too-- I k...

13. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    When bringing your sick child to the ER, please bring the child's siblings, their grandmother, their aunts, and your best friends! There are ALWAYS plenty of seats in the ER waiting room, and the other people waiting will be delighted by the antics ...

14. Have you seen 'the look?'

    Dialyzin' Dar posted a topic in Urology

    I've been a dialysis patient for eight years, and I've noticed that some patients get 'the look of death' about two weeks before they die. Their faces become thin and their energy and mental capacity diminishes. When I see that, I try to spend extr...

15. Not sure what to think now

    Dialyzin' Dar replied to studentdeb's topic in General Students

    I think if you weren't confident in your ability to help that man, the best thing you could have done was exactly what you did-- let a more experienced person help. Well-meaning but inexperienced people often complicate matters. Wondering what you c...