Nightshade1972

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  1. I once read about a guy who showed up at his local ER, screaming and hollering about how his back hurt, it was killing him, he needs treatment *now,* why is the ER staff so rude/slow? Finally, after a...
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    Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    I was born with hydrocephalus, caused by aqueductal stenosis. Apparently "water on the brain" is a common colloquial term for hydro, even though it isn't "water" (it's CSF), and it's not "on" the...
  3. My wife used to do disability hearings in the US. She learned early on that it was better to just ask her claimants to bring their medicine bottles with them to the disability hearing. If they...
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    How to deal with rude & demanding patients/residents?

    Years ago, I was a pediatric patient in the neuro ICU, following brain surgery (hydrocephalus). Some sort of doctor or counselor came into my room to do some cognitive testing. During the day, my...
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    How to Deal with Toxic People while in School

    Don't react to anything they say. Let them have the last word. My mother always tried to provoke a response, as "proof" of how mean/rude/unstable/stupid/etc I allegedly was. I learned to just sit...
  6. I think Cornerstone was the place that kept pestering us when my inlaws had their final illnesses. My inlaws knew they were reaching a point that they could no longer live independently. At the...
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    The Essentials of Medication Reconciliation in Home Care

    I'm reminded of one of my MIL's hospital visits. My inlaws lived alone, confident they could take care of themselves. My wife would visit every weekend, usually Saturday. Sometimes I'd come,...
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    My mother was one of the unit clerks at the ED in a hospital in suburban Chicago. The entire staff figured out in advance who had four-wheel drive, and who lived close to who, so that on bad weather...
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    What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    My husband once had a claimant who had something like 27 cocaine-related heart admissions in 24 weeks. He still couldn't get a
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    What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    I'm reminded of some of the claimants my husband's dealt with over the years (he helps ppl file for disability). Hubby looks through their history, and asks them about their high blood pressure and...
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    My MIL was overmedicated for many years, because neither she nor my FIL understood that (for example) Warfarin and coumadin are the same drug--and that wasn't the only drug that happened with. When...
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    My husband's a non-attorney hearing representative. He goes in front of a Social Security judge to explain why his claimant deserves disability benefits. Several of his clients over the years have...
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    Complaints only, please!

    I know I posted a comment about this a while ago, on a different thread, but this reminds me of an article I read, about 30 yrs ago, about emotional child abuse. One of the anecdotes was about an...
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    Musicians, Artist career changers?

    My mother trained to be a music teacher, but when I (her first child) was born with hydrocephalus, after she left student teaching (back then, you couldn't teach and be pregnant at the same time--I'm...
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    Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: I Feel Your Pain...Pill

    Aww, thank you. I've been through 17 shunt surgeries (I'm hydrocephalic), so my pain tolerance is higher than most ppl, but after the hysterectomy I was popping the hydrocodone like candy. Take two,...