hotlips

The best advice so far....and I agree. Get OUT of there!!!

I hate catherizing old women. It always smells like canned cat food! (bleck)

No one knows the exact circumstances of this situation, so some of the replies are without knowing the whole story. I work with a grossly obese CNA and from my own personal experience, I get really drained from being around her. Her life revolves around food! Every Wednesday morning she grabs the newspaper for all the grocery store sales. If something happens at work and she has to move very fast, I'm afraid I'm going to have to deal with HER and the patient. Everybody feels sorry for her because she's fat, but after working with her for 4 years I get tired of it. Sorry if that offends, I'm just being honest based on my own personal experience. She laughs about her lazy life....food addict...TV addict...I try not to be judgemental, I have my own issues. But I mostly see her doing this to herself. She now has sleep apnea which causes her to have seizures in her sleep, and her GYN told her the weight is causing female problems!? WTF? She will not quit eatting and she will not get help? In what little I know about this situation, I don't feel too sorry for this lady, except she died. I feel worse for her husband? family? because ppl seem to look at them judgementally. Do you think he shoved the food down her throat? Do you think he isn't embarrassed by all of this, and possibly blamed.It's nobody's fault. There is another nurse I work with who is grossly obese. She just had knee replacement. Another CNA I work with who is obese, is now on pain medication and physical therapy because of her weight and her back. Geez.