MedicalZebra

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  1. Patient behavior that ticks you off

    MedicalZebra posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm a long-term dialysis patient (ten years so far!), and I'm interested in what nurses and techs find annoying about patients. I think if patients knew what aggravated staff, they might be willing...

  2. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am a dialysis patient who has been told I may need my mitral valve replaced. Since I'm on dialysis, will my recovery take longer? What complications will I need to be on the lookout for? How...

  3. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    Thank you ALL for your kind words and condolences. You REALLY have helped me through this difficult time in my life. Sincerely, Rick Dar's

  4. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    I thought I would bring you all up to date on the "prelimary" findings from the Pathologists. The Cardiac Surgeon has been great answering all of my questions and concerns about Darlene's death...

  5. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    She DID often have trouble with DANGEROUSLY low BP after dialysis sessions. Her sessions usually lasted 4 Hours, 3 Times a week. Her solution to it was unusual but IT WORKED every time: A container...

  6. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    This is MedicalZebra's Fiance' Rick, I have some questions I need you all to shed light on: 1) Her Mitral Valve Surgery with initially a success. But, her BP was never really that high and eventually...

  7. MedicalZebra Update

    MedicalZebra posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just in case I did this wrong the first time (I'm sure I did). The poster you know as MedicalZebra passed away Monday January 30 as a result of complications after a seemingly successful Mitral Valve...

  8. MedicalZebra Update

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

    This is the "XX eulogy" I did as one of her final wishes. I'm sharing it with you because it includes something she had written that puts in perspective why she so vigorously sought out sites likes...

  9. MedicalZebra Update

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your well wishes and condolences. I loved her dearly and know that you helped in ways no one else could when she was here. Wake is tommorow and Funeral is Friday. Thank you again....

  10. mid-fifties married couple

    MedicalZebra replied to oncalllorraine's topic in Travel

    On January 30, 2006 the poster you know as "MedicalZebra" passed away due to complications that followed a seeminly sucessful Mitral Valve replacement. I am her Fiance' and I must say it happened...

  11. Near Death Experience

    MedicalZebra replied to nursemelani's topic in General Nursing

    They accidentally gave me my mother's Valium before my kidney transplant, and I had no time to tell the OR crew about it before they slapped the anesthesia mask on me-- so I got an overdose. They...

  12. One hour up and two out post cath.

    MedicalZebra replied to bobbyg's topic in Cardiac

    I had a cardiac cath with an AngioSeal-- and they still kept me in bed for 6 hours! I thought the whole idea behind the plug was to avoid that-- and it was never explained to me why it was done. The...

  13. When patients discuss other patients.

    MedicalZebra replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a dialysis patient, and there is absolutely NO privacy in the unit-- I hear everyone's business whether I want to or not when the neprologists make rounds-- all of our dialysis chairs are about...

  14. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    Well, I had the cardiac cath on Friday-- and needed SIX doses of Versed plus a Valium-- and I still was screaming! I thoroughly scared the hell out of everyone in the cath room! I don't think...

  15. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    MedicalZebra replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    In the unit I formerly dialyzed in (and this is one of the MANY reasons I switched units!), a patient had died because the nurse who initiated his treatment had grabbed a syringe of lidocaine instead...

  16. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    MedicalZebra replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    In 1990, I was thinking about getting married and having a baby. I'd just had a kidney transplant two years before and still had Medicare and CommonHealth (the Medicaid for working people). The...

  17. Whose resposibility is it to ask a patient..

    MedicalZebra replied to joeyrush's topic in General Nursing

    I never heard that the right to privacy only exists for people with private insurance! I am a frequent patient at a teaching hospital, and even though I am a Medicaid patient (ESRD eligibility), I...

  18. Did

    MedicalZebra replied to shock-me-sane's topic in Psychiatric

    I was diagnosed with it after a kidney transplant-- high doses of prednisone seemed to be the cause. My eyes changed color (from light brown to black) and I also had a change in blood pressure-- my...

  19. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    Hello again, everyone! Well, I had the TEE... what a NIGHTMARE! Even though I told them that I needed extra anesthesia, apparently they didn't believe me. Result: I woke up MULTIPLE times during...

  20. Recovery after mitral valve replacement

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks so much for your reply, heartnurseinva. :) Yes, I'm on hemo... I will be having my treatment directly before the TEE on December 8, which is when they will find out whether they need to...

  21. Is it selfish not to get a Flu Shot?

    MedicalZebra replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a dialysis patient (13 years so far), and I got the flu shot for the first 10 years. Result: Sick as a dog for a week after the shot. I have declined the flu shot for the last 3 years and have...

  22. Controversial HealthcareTopics...

    MedicalZebra replied to OUBobcat94's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Rationing of dialysis...whether for economic or quality of life

  23. How do your values influence care given?

    MedicalZebra replied to milenko's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had to have an IJ placed due to kidney transplant rejection, and while the catheter was being shoved into my neck, a nurse standing to my left said, loud enough for the whole OR to hear, "Well,...

  24. exhausted wiped out post dialysis

    MedicalZebra replied to student60's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    How long has the person been on dialysis? I've been on hemo for 10 years, and for about the first 4 years, I was exhausted after dialysis. It didn't matter how much I ate, or if I exercised, I was...

  25. Isolation Guidlines

    MedicalZebra replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in the hospital for a kidney transplant, I had a pregnant nurse tell me she would not be taking care of me due to my immunosuppression... how would that be a risk to her? I didn't have any...