Homesick Gypsy

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1. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

   Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

   I was wondering if mwbeah would be so kind as to point me in the direction of the sources you mentioned as something like up to 67% of women having a hysterectomy have cognitive dysfunction following surgery. I have been unable to find much and woul...

2. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

   Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

   It seems as though some of the people responding are very defensive, perhaps rightly so. I'm not blaming anyone, including anesthesia. I'm just trying to find some answers. The article said there were 89 papers and that doctors were aware of the s...

3. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

   Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

   Me again. I've been doing some research and found a term that describes what I've been experiencing: "Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction". Apparently it's more common than I knew and quite a few studies are being conducted. Even though I have no...

4. Patient/Family Rage

   Homesick Gypsy replied to sawbuck's topic in Safety

   As a recent patient in the hospital, I'd like to add my two cents. I received and signed a "patient code of conduct" and behaved myself accordingly, as did my visitors. However, shortly after being placed in my room, a nurse insisted that I must hav...

5. Singing the praises of AWESOME doctors!!! =)

   Homesick Gypsy replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not a nurse (used to be NA) but wanted to chime in about my ob/gyn. I've been with him for 10 years and besides his gentle manner and jokes, he's an excellent doctor and surgeon. Several years ago I had day surgery where I was awake. I had an ...

6. Job Hunting- Phlebotomist

   Homesick Gypsy replied to brinley_s's topic in General Students

   Saw an ad this morning for a phlebotomist in Blue Springs, Missouri (nice suburb of Kansas City). Ad was in The Independence Examiner.

7. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

   Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

   Thanks for your replies. I had morphine the first 20 hours after surgery, then one dose of Darvoset to which I am highly allergic. After two doses of Benadryl to reverse it, all I had post-operatively (even in the hospital) is Advil, which is what ...

8. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

   Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

   CrohnieToo - my surgeon didn't promise an epidural, but he recommended it and I had spoken to one of the doctors in the anesthesiology group about it. Neither of them mentioned my weight might be an issue. That's why it was such an unexpected bomb ...

9. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

   Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

   No disrespect intended. I only used gas passer because it's easier to type on a laptop than a-n-e-s-t-h-e-s-i-o-l-o-g-i-s-t.... And I think one of the allnurses participants actually uses it as his/her user name. My RN friend actually couldn't unde...

10. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

    Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

    hearticu - The two reasons he gave were that I am obese (100 lbs overweight) and that the OR table would be tilted head down, putting pressure on my lungs. He told me he didn't feel like he could be sure of maintaining my airway under those two cond...

11. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

    Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

    My daughter and best friend (an RN) were standing there and my recollection of everything that happened up to that moment is intact. Since I don't have much recollection of the hospital at all, I'm going to get a copy of my records next week. Perha...

12. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

    Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in CRNA

    Thanks jwk. The problem with a hysterectomy is that you don't know 100% for sure until you get a clear field. Evidently, my fibroids had grown faster than anticipated since the last sono, and there was a huge one on the back of my uterus. More imp...

13. Question re Post-Op Amnesia

    Homesick Gypsy posted a topic in CRNA

    I am 3 weeks post-op from abdominal hysterectomy with BSO. I had an excellent surgical outcome, despite nothing going as planned and lots of surprises. My only complaint is that the gas passer slipped me something in pre-op before I finished my pre...

14. Gloving up question

    Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in Safety

    My concern about the "dirty" gloves is that she is making a hole (however small) in my arm, and injecting something I'm already allergic to. She swabs my arm, wipes my arm dry, and then gives the injection with one hand, while with her other hand sh...

15. Gloving up question

    Homesick Gypsy replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in Safety

    Maybe I am being too picky. She always grabs my arm before she gives the injection, wiggles it around, gives the injection, and wiggles it some more. I've never seen her "technique" before and it doesn't make my injections less painful, but it does...