Going to the doctor!

Oh i'll be alright i know!! I don't think i have anything serious but they couldn't tell me anything there and then, just took some blood. I just wondered if anyone else get a but concerned about having to go, it's not really something that affects my life in any huge way!! hehe thanks for the response, happy mylotting xxx

You will be fine, but isn't it anoying that these Dr's go to school for years and all they seem to be able to is order tests. I went to school for 4 years to become a nurse(by the was congraduations on your choice of carreers,I'm sure you'll make a fine nurse,But a very very bad patientlol) My husband is a nurse and I was a nuse until I became disabled 3 years ago, It's the best job in the world. My husband and I worked at the same facility,like a small rural emergency room that treats everything,well we would play this diagnosis game and of course he would be right more than I,but the funny thing is we would be right more than the doc.! But nurses and nursing students know too much for our own good and ever time we go to the dr. we think we are going to die.lol you are going to be fine future nurse!!!God Bless

Aw thank you! it sounds as though you and your husband were pretty good at your jobs! Doctors can certainly get a bit big for their boots, i can't count the number of times i've been treated like i don't exist, but i just tell myself that they need us nurses, all their patients would more than likely be dead if we weren't there, and there are some that realise that which is nice!! I do think we probably know too much for our own good when it comes to our own health, and i am definitely a terrible patient!! I going to try to be the best nurse that i can! thanks for the encouragement!! xxx

haha the wierd thing is that i'm not even bothered by needles, i don't actually know what it is that worries me so much i just know that i really really don't like going!! My friend has been nagging me for so long that i finally gave in, at least it's over and done with now though!! glad to know i'm not the only one who feels this way!! thanks for responding!! xxx

PS. Are you sure that you're OK?

haha i don't think anyone likes the "bend over" variety of visits!! lol I get worked up if i'm going to have my blood pressure taken, it's completely irrational! I think i'll live, not feeling great and slightly concerned but am thinking it's just a nasty virus that won't go away until i admit i'm ill and have a few days in bed, which is exactly what i'm doing now!! thanks for you concern mister!! xxx

Right. You are ill. Fluids are to be kept high. No milk. Light meals, soups (preferably tomato). A bowl of ice cream every now and then. Magazines. TV. Mobile phone - well you are young. Laptop/PC? Anything else. Oh yes. Clean damp flannel and spritzer spray thingy. Open a window for a little ventilation. Have I forgotten anything. Of course I have. TEDDY!!! or other soft toy. You must take regular naps too. Throw those ciggys in the drawer, you don't need them. That'll do for now. I'll look in on you later. Don't have too many friends round. They'll only distract you and you need to be resting. XX

Aw thanks nurse p1kef1sh! Hehe i am doing just that, am snuggled up in bed with my laptop on my knee, keeping warm and generally being lazy! I hate it but i think i need to do it! Got my phone in hand so am not out of touch with the world, and only got one friend coming over later, i have demanded to be made brews and have hot water bottles brought to me! lol I don't own a teddy bear that is cuddlable though:-( went through a rather rash throwing away of childhood things a couple of years ago, might have to demand one if them is brought to me too, and if they have an issue with it i'll let them know my cyber daddy said i needed one!! lol xxx

Good girl. Look after yourself and yes, you need a cuddly thing. I don't mean a human type either. Although that probably does have an appeal for you!! LOL. XX

Doesn't it have an appeal for everyone!! are you trying to make out i'm some sort of man eating nympho?!? lol how rude!! hehe xxx

If the cap fits..... LOL. Of course not. Shame you don't have a headache. Very good for headaches is cuddles and ahem.....!!!!

lol i might have to start playing some loud music then! haha xxx

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo XX

is my musical taste that bad?!?! xx

Chemical Romance or Panic at the Disco!! I think not. How about a little Mantovani (your mother will know who he was) or perhaps Donny Osmond. LOL. Now, how about this:uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WS5ER8HaIhU or this:uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdhMN1ZCO8&feature=related or finally, a truly relaxing song -uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rsXJcIODLtQ&feature=related

My computer goes funny if i open more than one window so i'll check them out in a bit, thanks!! I seem to remember saying that i didn't like my chemical romance or panic at the disco, i'd rather listen to a banchee being murdered!! lol i'm offended you thought i had such little taste!! lol xxx

Now that takes me back. Siouxsie and the Banshees (or was it "ies"?). Real music. LOL.

hmm highly debatable, but coming from the man who mentioned donny osmond i'll take it!! haha I have just been listening to lindisfarne, is that acceptable?! A bit of a change from my usualy but just had a little urge to hear it!! hehe xxx

You're the wrong side of the country for the Fog on the Tyne (is all mine all mine). Now they are a truly wonderful band. We went to see them in Birmingham in 1986. You are already high in my estimation. You've just gone up another notch!!

lol i was only one then!! Lady eleanor is one of my favourite songs ever, it's got a really great atmosphere to it, that sounds strange but i'll bet you know what i mean! don't go telling people about my love of the golden oldies though, some people around here still think i'm cool! haha xxx

Now then Munchkin. How are you feeling now?

i have been feeling a bit better actually, i had some er herm hugs earlier and that improved my mood dramatically! lol i am still in bed with tea, hot water bottle and wait for it..... teddy!!! xxx

Hooray. Teddy too. That's what I like to hear. I'm in a real old checking up mood tonight. I've got you in bed - stay there and keep warm. Daughter is in her new house on her own (second night) jumping at shadows. Her house mates don't move in for another 10 days. I Skype straight to her room and can check that she's OK. Tough being a Dad you know. LOL. Now, keep up the fluids. Don't stay up too late, you need a good night's sleep. XX

hehe well you will have children!! aw i'll bet you're daughter will be fine, i remember my first time living alone and i was terrified the first couple of nights but couldn't live with anyone else now!! She'll be having the time of her life when her housemates get there! i'm not shifting from this bed until i have to go to work tomorrow!! hehe i know, was amazed that i got a teddy, feel all loved now! lol thanks for checking up on me, nice to feel cared for!! xxx

How are we tonight Munchkin? Have you been up today. Had something proper to eat and stayed off the ciggies.

I've been up, cooked and eaten corn beef hash, smoked considerably less than normal, collected and taken my medicine and now i am tucked back up in bed like a good little munchkin!! hehe xxx

Good. Got teddy? Lights out at 10.30 but you can listen to music until you fall asleep if you want.

Teddy is here, all present and correct!! thanks dad, i'll pick a good cd out now!! xxx

Good girl. I've just checked up on Clare and now it's your turn. I'll check in later and I hope to find you snoring!!

Thanks!! but of course i don't snore, i sleep all ladylike, mouth close, no drool wih just a little smile playing on my lips while a dream of corey taylor not getting old!! lol xxx

Are you asleep young Munchkin? Sleep well. Sweet dreams. XX

Soon, when my mother gets off the phone i will be!! night night p1ke, thanks for looking after me! xxx

It's definitely best to go, better safe than sorry and all that jazz!! thanks for the response! xxx

I know you're right, i still can't help getting freaked out by having to go though!! I haven't got any problems with needles at all, they don't make me nervous or anything so i'm not really sure what it is i get so worried about, i just really really don't like it!! am a rubbish patientm no fun to be around when i'm ill at all!! hehe thanks for the response!! xxx

patient's are always like that coz i believe that aside from the illness they had, they also have felt this sense of abandonment from family and felt isolated in some time. i don't have any problem at all with needles, so many times i even volunteered to have me as their arm manikin when newbies are coming in for IV insertion practice. i actually have done it many times, lately someone pricked me at the brachial and it infiltrates and she was so shocked to see it ballooned like the size of M&M's.

Haha it can be tough to get a line in on the brachial, but i can imagine, i'm always so scared of hurting people when i'm doing any intervention, i can remember taking a surgical drain out a few weeks ago and it was a lot longer than i thought, it just seemed to keep coming and coming, the poor lady didn't know what had hit her, i was white as a sheet by the time i'd finished!! lol You're right i don't think we always realise how hard it can be for patients to spend a long time on a ward, it must be a very lonely feeling! xxx

at first i thought it was that hard but then when i work side by side with the navy corpsman and the army medics, they thought me something i was doing just once, before, it's also a good thing since it's less painful than in the forearm or hand. i believe it is just a matter of practice and having guts to do it.!!

and with the drains, always expect that it goes miles away inside their body since it has to drain anything unwanted deeper in their gut, unless if it's just on the extremities then expect something shorter.

It was on a gastrostomy, i was first year and never done it before, scared the life out of me!! haha lesson learned though and it wasn't actually painful for the patient i think she was just as surprised as me! I think with a lot of these things it's just having the confidence to do it, that's my main problem i am so scared of hurting people that i don't dare try, hopefully i'll get better with time though, if i knew everything already there'd be no sense in being a student!! xxx

that's right, we all came from becoming a newbie but don't use it as a reason not to do anything or try something if you know it or have seen someone do it and it was taught to you. sometimes taking a proactive attitude matters in making things easy and able to learn fast.

Hi Ellie! I was amazed when i got registered with my dr up here, it's really easy to get an appointment when you want one, even if it's not an emergency! My last doctor needed about 6 weeks notice of when you might start to be feeling ill and wouldn't give out emergency appointments on the same day, it was disgraceful! I think i have only ever once used an emergency appointment, when i was really really poorly, most of the time i think there are people out there who need it more than me! Yeah i feel a bit less worried now i have been, and at least my friend will get off my case! lol i shouldn't really complain though, i'm lucky to have someone who cares enough to make me go!! thanks for the response!! big love xxxx

Haha but if there is infection present you won't get better without antobiotics so there is a point to it, but i still really really hate going!! Dentists i don't have a problem with at all, it's only the doctor that makes me all frightened!! lol thanks for the response! xxx

Aw thank you very much! i'm sure i'll be fine! xxx

haha i think that people that work in the healthcare field are probably the worst patients! I don't mind the hospital if i'm working there but i am terrified of being admitted myself!! thanks for the response! xxx