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Been in hospital for a week, finally free!!

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Hi, after suffering with tummy pain all last weekend i was admitted to hospital last Monday with suspected appendix. Been in until Saturday. Was a nightmare. Appendix still in tack and been diagnosed with inflamation of the lymph glands in the tummy. Just glad to be home. Diabetes out of control, the hospital were awful and would not listen to me about controling my diabetes. I was on high pain killer5s on tuesday, that i thought i was on a beach! Noone monitored my blood during this, was also on a sliding scale and had major hypo, thank goodness my mum showed up when she did and noticed i was acting funny. I didn't even know where i was. The only saving grace is that my diabetic consultant heard i wqas in and came and sorted out the sliding scale. Off for a week to recover.

Sorry rant over x x
 
hi there smit gosh what an awful time you have had , im pleased your back home hun nothing like it , sorry to hear you where not looked after very well that sounds awful , them not listening to you is disgraceful who knows themsevles better then the actual perosn if you get me , im pleased your DC was around for you hun when they was xxxx you chillax and take it easy hun ((hugs))))
 
You poor thing. I had bad experiences in hospital as a child in the 1970's but had hoped things were different now. Really hope you soon feel better.
 
Thanks guys, was just awful. Glad they got to bottom of the pain but the surgeons who were treating me had no clue about my diabetes and decided it would be best for them to control on a sliding scale. Never again, i'm sure i'd have been out days ago if been allowed to control it myself. The only day i was allowed to inject myself was a nightmare. My blood was high and i said i corrective does to bring it down and they wouldn't let me as whwn i was admitted i had to state how many unit i took at each meal. Tried to explain but didn't help. Fighting blood sugar and infection myself this week. Feel i will be better off. Have also lost alot of feeling in my left arm as had so many bloods and IV's in that they've managed to damage my nerves. Say it will heal in time.
Just wanna cry x
 
Sorry you had a bad hospital experience - which part of Scotland?
 
Sometimes a good cry will get some of the stress out of your system. I've done a lot of it as recently told I have maculopathy in left eye. It's all so c**p sometimes isn't it? But we will get through and there will be better times to come. Have you considered writing a letter of complaint once you feel strong enough. There really is no excuse for treating you like that these days. I'm so angry for you as I know how frustrating and upsetting it can be. Hopefully you will soon start to improve now that you have control of things. Wishing you all the very best.xx
 
I'm just outside Glasgow. Where are you? My husband and parents noted everything they that we were not happy about and will prob send a letter in a few weeks when i feel better. Think a good cry is needed, i agree it may help. Sounds silly but i feel as if i have had such a traumatic week. Just so so glad to be back in my own house and have my own comforts. x x
 
I'm in Fife and fotunately my local hospital and DSN's are superb
 
Oh Smit, sorry to hear what a horrid time you have had.

Hope your recovery is fast and the sugars calm down. It sounds a real scary experience actually, when you are better would you think about writing in? Or to your DSN, if it were mine and she read of that experience I imagine she would be up on the ward kicking the c**p out them first thing on a monday morning.....

Perhaps I am over optomistic, but in this day and age I had hoped this kind of thing simply doesnt happen anymore??

HUGS Smit, and lots of love, feel better soon xx
 
Ye gods Smit, that sounds positively medieval! You should write an article about it for your local paper and embarrass the b'jasus out of the place. Have that cry and I hope you feel better soon.
 
Hi Smit, glad you are home after such an awful experience which seems to have been made a hundred times worse thanks to the incompetance and arrogance of the hospital. Surely they must have guidelines and procedures written down about how an insulin diabetic patient needs to be treated? Either they have, and they are very poor, or they have and they did not follow them - I can't believe no such procedure exists, given that it must be such a common situation for diabetics to find themselves in hospital from time to time.

Wishing you a speedy recovery🙂
 
Smit said:
I'm just outside Glasgow. Where are you? My husband and parents noted everything they that we were not happy about and will prob send a letter in a few weeks when i feel better. Think a good cry is needed, i agree it may help. Sounds silly but i feel as if i have had such a traumatic week. Just so so glad to be back in my own house and have my own comforts. x x
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Hi Smit, so sorry to hear of your experience - not surprised you feel awful because you have had a truamatic week. Do you think your DSN will be able to help advise you with your recovery, and perhaps take up the issue of your treatment whilst in hospital?

Hope you feel better soon.
 
AlisonM said:
Ye gods Smit, that sounds positively medieval! You should write an article about it for your local paper and embarrass the b'jasus out of the place. Have that cry and I hope you feel better soon.
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Ooh I love that idea- even if you just have a letters page in the local rag, its something local councillors etc might pick up on. I feel really bad for you, this might be something that in a couple of weeks may help you feel a little better about what happened.

There is no no excuse for poor care. I dont care what "excuses" the services may say. Exercise your right to complain!
 
Smit said:
I'm just outside Glasgow. Where are you? My husband and parents noted everything they that we were not happy about and will prob send a letter in a few weeks when i feel better. Think a good cry is needed, i agree it may help. Sounds silly but i feel as if i have had such a traumatic week. Just so so glad to be back in my own house and have my own comforts. x x
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hope u are feeling better now i had a bad expernice in hospital too i hope it wasnt the same hospital as i live outside glasgow too
 
Glad you are home safe and sound.

Sounds like you had a really horrible time in there. I hate the fact hopsitals dont let you control your own levels just because youre in their bed!

Make the most of your week off, hope you get lots of rest and tlc xx
 
Doesn't sound good, you should have been monitored at least every 2 hours whilst on the sliding scale. I think it's worth writing a complaint, I know surgical wards often have problems with sliding scales but I'm not sure why. If you express your concerns then they should get some more training on them.
Hope you get better this week at home
 
smit - so sorry to hear of the bad diabetes experience when you were in the hospital. my absolute, number 1 fear is being in hospital and having my insulin control taken away from me - fair enough if i've been in a serious accident or something and i physically couldn't, but my god i would fight like hell if i ever got told what to do with my insulin.
 
Seriously Smit thats no good, get the fella to 'ave some words.

Well like you said at least you're home now and on the mend, scary how people in the profession aren't aware or trained/educated of some stuff but I guess it's hard for them to cover it all.

Enjoy your week of recovery if you can🙂
 
Thanks for replies. Not doing much better today, blood in 20's and can't get it down. High ketones 😡 Thinking of calling nurse but scared incase the admitt me to hospital again. Can't face it :confused:
 
Scared or not, you can't remain that high for long and not hurt yourself. Can you not talk to your doctor/DSN and explain what's happened as well as how it's made you feel? Surely they can find some way of getting you the right help?
 
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