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RE: A day in the life of a Crohn's Chick part 3: A little jab here and a little jab there...

in #loveyourguts6 years ago

Your story is tragicomic, unfortunately. I see the funny side but can also see the tragic side. However, it's good thing you can laugh about it. I bet it's not the first time it happens to you. If you have a chronic illness and you're in and out of hospitals, you can't avoid this to happen. Doctors and nurses are not all the same, some are very good with needles, you don't feel a thing when they are taking blood, others can destroy your vein in a second.
I've seen a very unfortunate scene when I was in hospital a few years ago. A nurse tried to administrate antibiotics to an old lady through the cannula in her hand, the old lady told the nurse it hurts like hell, she didn't believe her, which resulted in the old lady having a very swollen hand. The doctor was called in, it was a huge scandal but the damage was done.
I also know that there are rules when it comes to blood drawing. My mom had pancreatic cancer, which meant one and a half year of chemo, so I have a little bit of experience, unfortunately.
So I know that if the nurse failed to take blood, the second time must be chosen a spot lower than the first, I mean father from the heart. This means you lowers arm or hand. I know nurses and doctors are human too and can make mistakes but chemo patients have their veins already destroyed, therefore there is no place for mistakes.
Anyway. I hope your arm is healed and not blue,green and yellow from the incident and wish this won't happen again, although there are no guarantees :) Get healthy soon :)

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Aww thank you :) thats really sweet! Im sorry to hear you've been a witness to some particularly bad practices, it does happen unfortunately and yeah the poor guy was very new, (by some magic of the comic world i seem to always get them hahaha) i think its cause I'm nice and i dont mind them proding me to much so they can learn the job role. I'll betcha dollars to donuts that he hasnt made that mistake again! And yep, it wasnt the first time that had happened to me! By the way, im so sorry to hear about your mum and i hope her recovery and adjustment back in to life wasnt to brutal. Its always stressful having to adjust your life to incorporate your health in to everything. Thanks for messaging hun :)

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Thank you! Unfortunately she passed away after one and a half year of struggle. The survival rate of pancreatic cancer is very low, the disease is still considered largely incurable. the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 7% source. It's the same disease that Patrick Swayze had, he passed away one moth after my mom.
About these mistakes, I truly hope those who are not fit to perform these blood draws will realize that soon enough and take a step back so they don't torture anyone if necessary. :)

Oh im sorry hunny, pancreatic cancer is brutal from what ive heard. And yes some people just shouldn't be armed with needles haha x

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Some people should stay away from medicine for good :D Let's hope we don't meet those 😁

Agreed 🤣

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