Just out of the hospital..............

[Times Roman]

Well mates and lasses, seems ol' Roman here had to go into the body shop for some repairs......

Friday morning, while i'm showering (yes, i went to the gym on thursday, thought i was getting back on track), i felt like i had to drop a deuce. but it became more severe, and turned into this cramping sensation. So i'm out of the shower, and decide to lay down til it passes. my symptoms continue, and my hands and feet become like ice (very unusual), and at the same time, the sweat is pouring off me, dripping. i had half a glass of half/half milk. later, i begin to vomit and i'm thinking wtf? i hadn't really eaten anything. so i go to the emergency room 11am friday.

after a lengthy exam, they tell me they can't find anything wrong with me. But i'm writhing in pain! they decide to send me to modesto where they have a Cat Scan machine (apparently, theirs is broken??)

and of course, in an ambulance

later they find out i have acute appendicitis. they schedule me to go under the knife 1am sat morning. but while i'm waiting, they put someone ahead of me in the Q, which delays my operation until 5am. During this time, my appendix burst. we didn't find this out until after the operation. so what was going to be a simple recovery, now turns into this lengthy recovery, and i just get out today (xmas eve) around 4 or 5.

While at the hospital, i run across a riding buddy a few doors down on the same floor. he had his hip replaced.

Saturday night at 9.5, they give me a cup full of pills to take. But oops! one of those pills was a stimulant called Ritalin. no sleep for me THAT night. the nurse never apologized or took ownership of the mistake. she said to just calm down and try to relax and get some sleep (i unsuccessfully tried vomiting it up). i asked for some vomiting medicine (ipecac), but she said that is not on the list the doctor prescribed (duh!)

This is Kaiser, and they self proclaim to be a five star hospital.

What would you think? Five Star Hospital???

---Roman

[Hazard]

Damn man..... Well atleast you're okay now! I hope your christmas is as best as it can be!

[MuscleInk]

Well mates and lasses, seems ol' Roman here had to go into the body shop for some repairs......

Friday morning, while i'm showering (yes, i went to the gym on thursday, thought i was getting back on track), i felt like i had to drop a deuce. but it became more severe, and turned into this cramping sensation. So i'm out of the shower, and decide to lay down til it passes. my symptoms continue, and my hands and feet become like ice (very unusual), and at the same time, the sweat is pouring off me, dripping. i had half a glass of half/half milk. later, i begin to vomit and i'm thinking wtf? i hadn't really eaten anything. so i go to the emergency room 11am friday.

after a lengthy exam, they tell me they can't find anything wrong with me. But i'm writhing in pain! they decide to send me to modesto where they have a Cat Scan machine (apparently, theirs is broken??)

and of course, in an ambulance

later they find out i have acute appendicitis. they schedule me to go under the knife 1am sat morning. but while i'm waiting, they put someone ahead of me in the Q, which delays my operation until 5am. During this time, my appendix burst. we didn't find this out until after the operation. so what was going to be a simple recovery, now turns into this lengthy recovery, and i just get out today (xmas eve) around 4 or 5.

While at the hospital, i run across a riding buddy a few doors down on the same floor. he had his hip replaced.

Saturday night at 9.5, they give me a cup full of pills to take. But oops! one of those pills was a stimulant called Ritalin. no sleep for me THAT night. the nurse never apologized or took ownership of the mistake. she said to just calm down and try to relax and get some sleep (i unsuccessfully tried vomiting it up). i asked for some vomiting medicine (ipecac), but she said that is not on the list the doctor prescribed (duh!)

This is Kaiser, and they self proclaim to be a five star hospital.

What would you think? Five Star Hospital???

---Roman

Five star FAILURE. Appendicitis is not difficult to miss. Who was the attending? Some new resident?

Sounds like you are on the mend. Too bad it ruptured before you received the care needed. Glad you're recovering. Hopefully the rest of your Christmas will be much better TR.

[gixxerboy1]

Damn TR, sorry to hear that. I'm glad you are home for the holiday atleast. How are you feeling now?
Doesnt sound like a 5 star unless you left out some sponge bath stories.

[kelkel]

Five star FAILURE. Appendicitis is not difficult to miss. Who was the attending? Some new resident?

Sounds like you are on the mend. Too bad it ruptured before you received the care needed. Glad you're recovering. Hopefully the rest of your Christmas will be much better TR.

Christ I think I may have been able to call that one. WTF. Sorry to hear all this TR. Hope you're feeling better and next year is looking up for you!

Merry Xmas.

[JD250]

Sounds unpleasant, sorry to hear about the ritilan. Look on the bright side, at least you were in the hospital when it burst and not on the job somewhere in the middle east in a compound.

[MuscleInk]

Christ I think I may have been able to call that one. WTF. Sorry to hear all this TR. Hope you're feeling better and next year is looking up for you!

Merry Xmas.

Pegged it as soon as he mentioned the symptoms. Heck, half the guys on here could make a better diagnosis.

[Cuz]

that nurse would have got a damn earfull if she didnt
apologize...she needs wrote up for that, you just dont mess medicine up. really sounds like a poorly ran facility imo, but all in all you are alright and I wish you a speedy recovery buddy.

[Times Roman]

the good news is that it happened here, not there.

and fawk! appendicitis is surprisingly painful. i wouldn't wish this on any of you. i was actually lying on my stomach in the emergency room trying to find a position that would take the edge of the pain off. no worries, the ER was empty. =)

and now i'm beginning to think last may when i lost all the weight, it wasn't an intestinal blockage, it was the first appendicitis attack. miraculously, i recovered. (usually it doesn't "get better"). i say this because the symptoms were surprisingly similar. and when i had my blood panels taken a month later, my WBC count was high. Now i'm wondering if all this time, my bad health was/is attributable to the first bout? i've had so many problems with my health and lost so much weight, i'm hoping this is the culprit and in 8 weeks, i'll be able to return to normal, gain some weight, and get back to about a gym ready 250lbs.

i was wondering all these months why i can eat like a horse, yet gain no weight. strange strange strange

[AD]

Get well soon.

Curious, do you have any idea what was that other case that they slot in before you?

[Times Roman]

Get well soon.

Curious, do you have any idea what was that other case that they slot in before you?

no idea. they didn't think my apendicitis was that serious, so they did mention to me before that if something serious comes in, they may have to give them my slot.

So how serious is a ruptured appendix?

[fit2bOld]

Glad your ok TR. won't be long now. Ease back in.

[AD]

no idea. they didn't think my apendicitis was that serious, so they did mention to me before that if something serious comes in, they may have to give them my slot.

So how serious is a ruptured appendix?

Ruptured appendix will eventually go into shock from internal bleeding. If the leak is not walled off quickly, you will get septicaemia as well. But there are cases of very small leaks that got walled of very quickly and they may not seem too sick.

[Times Roman]

Ruptured appendix will eventually go into shock from internal bleeding. If the leak is not walled off quickly, you will get septicaemia as well. But there are cases of very small leaks that got walled of very quickly and they may seem too sick.

i haven't done the research yet. i always thought a burst appendix was pretty serious.

although i never received an apology for anything they did (from a legal standpoint, that is the equivalent of an admission guilt), but they did have a few top level people that just "happened to be making rounds" and casually checked in on me. the administrative side, not the operational side. people in admin usually just ride desks pushing paper around. so i thought it "STRANGE" that an office pinky (two of them) would be checking in on me.

[JD250]

You'll probably be billed extra for the Ritilan.

[AD]

i haven't done the research yet. i always thought a burst appendix was pretty serious.

If the appendix is a typical one (freely dangling), then the typical complications will arise. Septicaemia and shock.

If the appendix is in an unusual position like behind the bowel or even behind the abdominal cavity, then the complications could be very limited due to its position.

Glad you're well now. Did you ask the hospital administrators for some sort of compensation? Like sponge baths from the hottest nurses?

[Times Roman]

You'll probably be billed extra for the Ritilan.

gee, i was hoping they'd let me slide on that one??

[JD250]

^^^Don't count on it LMAO!! ^^^

I was just thinking about what you posted concerning your bad health last spring..... my brother had his burst while on the way to the doctors office a few years ago..... anyways he made claims of feeling poorly for the previous year. Interesting, oh well, rest up and recover, you'll be a new man.

[Black]

Glad to hear your are doing better. Someone should be disciplined for the medication error. Especially cause Ritalin is a controlled drug.

[Times Roman]

Glad to hear your are doing better. Someone should be disciplined for the medication error. Especially cause Ritalin is a controlled drug.

yeah, maybe. i have so much shit to do now before i go back, that one is a low priority. 4 unanticipated nights in the hospital. i usually put holiday stuff off til the last minute, and now no chance to get anyone anything. so not too happy about that.

i've been taking ritalin for 45 years. no risk of sickness or death from it. just no sleep.

this was one interesting vacation to say the least....

[Java Man]

yeah, maybe. i have so much shit to do now before i go back, that one is a low priority. 4 unanticipated nights in the hospital. i usually put holiday stuff off til the last minute, and now no chance to get anyone anything. so not too happy about that.

i've been taking ritalin for 45 years. no risk of sickness or death from it. just no sleep.

this was one interesting vacation to say the least....

Glad everything turned out ok TR. I think you'll be allowed a pass for the late gifts on this one

[Igifuno]

TR, man I'm sorry you had to go through this. No fun at any time but especially sh*tty timing this close to Xmas.

Hope you heal up quickly brother. Merry Christmas to you.

[DexterMorgan]

Crazy night, glad you okay.

[DCI]

Sorry to hear you were unwell and on top of it all the incompetence of the nurse etc

Get well soon and you will be massive in no time once recovered

[Bio-Active]

Glad to hear you are ok! I wish you a speedy recovery and a merry Christmas

[Oki-Des]

Wow, what a horrible experience. I personally do not like Kaiser. I used to sell medical devices and at 2AM I received a call from a doctor who needed assistance with a man who fractured his neck. I put on a suit and drove their immediately. I had several thousand dollars in medical equipment he needed and he personally wrote a PO for the equipment. I helped out and went home. But, I only get commissions on products my company collects on; which is where the problem started. That hospital doesn't pay, but instead they have a central billing system. When I would call them they had no record of my PO. When I went back to the hospital they would tell me there is nothing they can do. The doctor vouched for me, but no one seemed to give a crap. I wasted more than a year trying to clear it up and never received anything for the equipment I gave them. Glad you are OK though and no, I wouldn't rate them a five star hospital. Not for what they did to me, but for what they did to you! That is horrible and so stupid. I cant believe a nurse told you she couldn't give you something because the doctor didn't prescribe it. They didn't prescribe you Ritalin either. Couldn't someone call the doctor to see how to overcome their mistake? Nope, then the nurse probably would have gotten herself in trouble for giving you the wrong thing. She is lucky you are not suing her dumb ass. Good luck recovering buddy and Merry Christmas.

[clarky.]

Speedy recovery TR

[Zodiac82]

man the sucks...glad things are better now though

id figure theres somekind of malpractice or some other complaint that can be filed

[trikydik]

Here some advice...(my 2 cents)

Don't pay the bill.... when you get the bill, send it back with a letter stating that you are not paying anything until you talk to a lawyer. That their first mistake could have cost you your life, and then they topped it off with prescribing the wrong meds. You bill will probably come back lower or paid as they won't want to be sued or the bad publicity.

Good Luck with the recovery TR...

[Hazard]

Wow, what a horrible experience. I personally do not like Kaiser. I used to sell medical devices and at 2AM I received a call from a doctor who needed assistance with a man who fractured his neck. I put on a suit and drove their immediately. I had several thousand dollars in medical equipment he needed and he personally wrote a PO for the equipment. I helped out and went home. But, I only get commissions on products my company collects on; which is where the problem started. That hospital doesn't pay, but instead they have a central billing system. When I would call them they had no record of my PO. When I went back to the hospital they would tell me there is nothing they can do. The doctor vouched for me, but no one seemed to give a crap. I wasted more than a year trying to clear it up and never received anything for the equipment I gave them. Glad you are OK though and no, I wouldn't rate them a five star hospital. Not for what they did to me, but for what they did to you! That is horrible and so stupid. I cant believe a nurse told you she couldn't give you something because the doctor didn't prescribe it. They didn't prescribe you Ritalin either. Couldn't someone call the doctor to see how to overcome their mistake? Nope, then the nurse probably would have gotten herself in trouble for giving you the wrong thing. She is lucky you are not suing her dumb ass. Good luck recovering buddy and Merry Christmas.

Ahahaha I've been there! I sold joints, human tissue, and stem cells. I went to a hospital to make sure they received an order of stem cells. It was a $20,000 order. I get there and check with receiving - they said it was already in the operating room. I goto the operating room to verify and they told me the package was opened and already in the freezer.

They refused to pay the bill and said they never received anything. We proved it was shipped there and they come back with " we'll we don't have a record of a PO number" - if you didn't have a fvcking PO issued why the hell did you open the box and put it in the freezer!?!? It can't be taken back once its opened.

That case is still in court and I'm no longer with the company. Ill be subpoena'd to appear to testify.

[thisAngelBites]

So glad you're feeling better and got out in time for chrimbo with the family.

[thisAngelBites]

P.S. You have used up your allotment of ill health for the next 12 months. Wishing you good health for 2014.

[RaginCajun]

Damn Gramps!

Hope ya heal up with fam!

Merry Christmas

[lovbyts]

Glad to hear everything is working out and you were in the right place when it rultured.

Also glad you were back home when it happened and you didn't have to rely on some army brat or a doctor who had to do all his cutting with his right hand since he uses his lect to wipe. Lol

Get well soon. Will this delay your going back to work?

[satisfaction1822]

Man I'm reallysorrythat really sucks. Hope you still made the best of your Christmas! Hope you have a speedy recovery. As for doctors.... Some are brilliant and some just are flat out stupid.

[Hazard]

P.S. You have used up your allotment of ill health for the next 12 months. Wishing you good health for 2014.

Sounds like something he'd receive in the mail from an obamacare rep.....

[ghettoboyd]

glad your better bro...merry Christmas....

[Rusty11]

Wow. Does not sound fun. Heal up.

[jasc]

Sorry to hear this TR! Hoping you have a speedy recovery and can get back on the saddle soon.

[Times Roman]

Here some advice...(my 2 cents)

Don't pay the bill.... when you get the bill, send it back with a letter stating that you are not paying anything until you talk to a lawyer. That their first mistake could have cost you your life, and then they topped it off with prescribing the wrong meds. You bill will probably come back lower or paid as they won't want to be sued or the bad publicity.

Good Luck with the recovery TR...

oops! too late. i think our health insurance covers all except the $50 copay for the ER visit.

P.S. You have used up your allotment of ill health for the next 12 months. Wishing you good health for 2014.

what's really strange is that this vacation, i used zero paid time off (vacation time). one week for sick time, one day holiday, and the rest is administrative leave. so i bank my vacation time and they pay me off at the end of the contract

....chrimbo? sorry luv, i don't have my running shoes on this time =)