'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
We all need to give ourselves a break. This is home and safe. Everything is ok here.
Just on Monday (Jesus, that was a long time ago), we had a thing at work commemorating the Haiti earthquake, and someone said that people in the office then were very gentle with one another, because everything was so hard. I say yes, and also be gentle to ourselves.
Had a pissy customer who ended the call with "I see you're having a user conference next month. Who do I talk to so I can be a guest speaker and tell everyone just how wonderful your company is?" I cheerfully told him he could find contact information on our website.
When I was in the hospital after having my appendix removed, the nurse on shift in the morning wouldn't give me the prescribed painkiller. I spent most of the day - after having an organ removed - in pain. Couldn't get the prescription filled at the hospital pharmacy, so I had to get a cab, go to my usual drug store, wait while they filled it, and then catch another cab home.
I had the same thing happen after my C-section, Toddson. One of the lovely nurses actually said to me, when I asked for my prescribed pain meds, "You need to toughen up. You're a mother now." WTF ever.
After my d&c I had to go to the pharmacy myself rather than send TCG because I needed to show my license for the perscription pain meds.
Nurses at the hospital told my mother she couldn't have pain meds the second night after her knee replacement. Even though they were prescribed.
What, are the hospital staff selling patients' drugs on the black market?
I wish I could be surprised at the thought.
Finally caught up so I can hope msbelle is having a lovely, peaceful birthday and that the next year will be full of blessings.
I am goggling at those stories Toddson, Callaluna, and Dana. I was not 100% thrilled with my mom's medical care when she developed what should have been preventable pneumonia during her treatment for pancreatitis, but if they'd cut her pain meds off after the first day I'd be participating in this conversation via a prison pen pals program.
Bonus mom-in-law is out of surgery. It went well and she's resting now. Thanks for the ~ma, everybody!