Comments on: DIY Healthcare http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Baino http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20983 Baino Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:18:56 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20983 The worrying thing about this is that it's gross incompetence unrelated to funding or availability of services, just shitty people making stupid mistakes. Crazy. The worrying thing about this is that it’s gross incompetence unrelated to funding or availability of services, just shitty people making stupid mistakes. Crazy.

]]> By: Stan http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20942 Stan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:34:48 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20942 Grandad: Some years ago I had a painful swelling on my wrist. In the hospital a doctor called it an inflamed ganglion and said it absolutely required surgery, no doubt about it. I doubted his lack of doubt and am wary of operations unless absolutely necessary. So I decided to wait and see if it would recover through stubbornness and plámás. A month or so later, the wrist was as good as new. Doctors can be wonderful, but sometimes they're a bit surgery-happy for my liking. And I've picked up infections just by visiting people in hospital. I hope the ribs recovered in time. Consider wearing a coat of armour at Christmas, or at least a waistcoat of it. Grandad: Some years ago I had a painful swelling on my wrist. In the hospital a doctor called it an inflamed ganglion and said it absolutely required surgery, no doubt about it. I doubted his lack of doubt and am wary of operations unless absolutely necessary. So I decided to wait and see if it would recover through stubbornness and plámás. A month or so later, the wrist was as good as new.
Doctors can be wonderful, but sometimes they’re a bit surgery-happy for my liking. And I’ve picked up infections just by visiting people in hospital.
I hope the ribs recovered in time. Consider wearing a coat of armour at Christmas, or at least a waistcoat of it.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20939 Grandad Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:17:15 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20939 <p>Kirk M - Let me get this straight - you had your knackers cut off because you coudn't pronounce Nissen?  Or fundoplication?  I would have thought that learning the pronuciation would have been slightly less drastic.  But then they are your knackers.  Or rather, they were...........</p> Kirk M – Let me get this straight – you had your knackers cut off because you coudn’t pronounce Nissen?  Or fundoplication?  I would have thought that learning the pronuciation would have been slightly less drastic.  But then they are your knackers.  Or rather, they were………..

]]> By: Kirk M http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20938 Kirk M Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:10:28 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20938 I was also told I would be asked several times about what kind of surgery I'd  be having when I went in for a Nissen fundoplication. Unfortunately I hadn't learned to pronounce Nissen fundoplication at that  time so I just told them castration. I could pronounce that okay. I was also told I would be asked several times about what kind of surgery I’d  be having when I went in for a Nissen fundoplication. Unfortunately I hadn’t learned to pronounce Nissen fundoplication at that  time so I just told them castration. I could pronounce that okay.

]]> By: Total Knee Replacement: Shall I Just Screw With Their Minds? | Baby Boomer Going Like Sixty http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20936 Total Knee Replacement: Shall I Just Screw With Their Minds? | Baby Boomer Going Like Sixty Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:18:27 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20936 [...] writes today of a person in the hospital who almost became the victim of mis-communication… patient was being wheeled down to the operating theatre, and the nurses and anaesthetist were [...] [...] writes today of a person in the hospital who almost became the victim of mis-communication… patient was being wheeled down to the operating theatre, and the nurses and anaesthetist were [...]

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20934 Grandad Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:01:08 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20934 <p>Sixty - Sorry.  In order to cut down on costs, it is advisable for everyone to do their own surgery.  Regarding the knee - have you tried Meccano?  And for fuck's sake - don't mess with hospital staffs' heads.  You will end up getting the operation you deserve.</p> Sixty – Sorry.  In order to cut down on costs, it is advisable for everyone to do their own surgery.  Regarding the knee – have you tried Meccano?  And for fuck’s sake – don’t mess with hospital staffs’ heads.  You will end up getting the operation you deserve.

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20931 GoingLikeSixty Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:52:41 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20931 Do you make overseas house calls?  I still am shopping for a low-cost alternative knee replacement. I was told during pre-op that the staff would ask me many many times to review with them what they hope to accomplish. I am considering offering up slight variations every time they ask. Do you make overseas house calls?  I still am shopping for a low-cost alternative knee replacement.
I was told during pre-op that the staff would ask me many many times to review with them what they hope to accomplish.
I am considering offering up slight variations every time they ask.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20924 Grandad Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:33:12 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20924 <p>Robert - Precisely.  The worst that can happen is for a few crumbs to get in?</p> <p>Terence - Did you keep the arm?  It should be no problem reattaching it again with superglue?</p> Robert – Precisely.  The worst that can happen is for a few crumbs to get in?

Terence – Did you keep the arm?  It should be no problem reattaching it again with superglue?

]]> By: Terence McDanger http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20923 Terence McDanger Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:20:14 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20923 I lopped of one of me own arms there last month with a hacksaw. There was nothing wrong with it, I just wanted to see would it grow back. It didn't.  Still, nothing ventured eh? I lopped of one of me own arms there last month with a hacksaw.
There was nothing wrong with it, I just wanted to see would it grow back.
It didn’t.  Still, nothing ventured eh?

]]> By: robert http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-20921 robert Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:56:13 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2009/10/14/diy-healthcare/#comment-20921 And of course if you avoid the hospital there is an excellent chance that you actually wont catch MRSA too. And of course if you avoid the hospital there is an excellent chance that you actually wont catch MRSA too.

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