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Raindrops1984 44 points ago +45 / -1

I didn’t even know you could combine those medicines.

In the worst experience of my life, I wound up in ICU for a week with a collapsed lung and many many life threatening injuries. Part of the reason I got a medical exemption for wearing a mask is the after-effects of that experience. At one point, I was given Haldol by an overzealous nurse sick of trying to keep a mask on a delirious patient. That moment in time is the absolute worst moment of my life and a primary reason I don’t drink or do drugs. I could not remember who I was, where I was, or why I was. I was simply floating in a prison, unable to move but very aware about what was being done to me. Oof, I still shiver thinking about that.

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Throwaway_Test 12 points ago +12 / -0

What an extraordinary story! And what is an "extra knee"?

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Side-o-Beef_Curtains 10 points ago +10 / -0

A bend in the leg in the wrong place. On PCP it's possible to still walk

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runonce 5 points ago +5 / -0

I saw one guy hobble into an ER on what was left of his leg after he somehow lost his foot. Unfortunately he had "walked" across some open ground and had grass and mud jammed into his broken off tibia. Had to take it off at the knee. He was upset about loosing his foot. Don't know what he was on but it worked really well for pain.

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Throwaway_Test 5 points ago +5 / -0

Unbelievable! Thanks for the responses.

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EpicPede 2 points ago +4 / -2

Dude that sounds terrible.

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EqualityMeansAll -37 points ago +5 / -42

an overzealous nurse sick of trying to keep a mask on a delirious patient.

Nurses worry more about keeping you safe than your crybaby feelings. At least you're still alive to shit-talk the nurse, you ungrateful fuck. God forbid the nurse's other patients needed help while they were stuck dealing with you.

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Raindrops1984 11 points ago +11 / -0

I’m sorry if that came off as ungrateful. I appreciate everything they all did, and they saved my life. The Haldol was a bit hard to handle but I’m grateful I’m alive. So have a nice night.

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runonce 8 points ago +9 / -1

After 18 years in healthcare I've only come across one person that thought the actions of patients that were totally unaware of their surroundings were directed at them personally.

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EqualityMeansAll -6 points ago +3 / -9

In my over 20 years in health care I've seen so many patients blame staff for everything. It's tiresome and thankless.

Some people think a hospital is run by the cast of House MD where everybody drops everything to cater to them personally and investigate their homes to determine what's wrong, and run the imaging machines themselves. Too many people act like the slightest inconvenience is the biggest sin and an a personal affront directed against them by the staff.

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DunnoManMaybe 2 points ago +4 / -2

I've been prescribed codeine at the same time I was taking mirtazapine to manage insomnia.

Did you know that they have a high interaction rating? Because my doctor certainly fucking didn't. Fast forward three days and I genuinely believed I was psychic because I was unable to connect my memories to my knowledge. I knew things but had no idea how I knew them.

The high and mighty, "Staff is never at fault," line is total bullshit. Everyone makes mistakes, sometimes, the patient is right to blame staff.

We don't expect House MD, but we don't expect Nick Riviera either, and sometimes that's what we get.

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EqualityMeansAll -7 points ago +2 / -9

Sounds like he got a higher than necessary dose

Armchair quarterback guessing? Go back to reddit.

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EpicPede 2 points ago +5 / -3

have you even seen Nurse Tik-Tok though?