Ontopic Health Thread: post your AIDS, diseases and infekshunz here.

[Immigrant]

I've had a catheter once during one of my hospital stays, no idea why as I was free to get out of bed and walk around. Not a pleasant experience feeling the tube scrape the inside of your bladder. And getting it taken out burns really badly. I don't recommend it.

When I got injured, the ambulance doors opened and a team of yellow-gowned folks grabbed me. One guy had a big splatter shield on his face and even before I was fully unloaded, threw my gown up (I was transferred from a different hospital not able to do what was needed) and he looked scared to death. Inserted the catheter immediately.

After a few days in the trauma unit, a nurse came in late at night to remove it. After she pulled it out, she squeezed my D a little and said “Aw”, and I instantly chubbed. Then she smiled and left.

We had s chuckle about it the next night. It’s perhaps my fondest hospital memory.

 

[Immigrant]

My longest stays so far were 32 and 21 days.

The 32 day stay was horrible, because they couldn’t get me well yet wasn’t too bad because I became a fixture. I made my own root beer floats at 2 am and could leave to smoke whenever I wanted.

That would’ve been a good time to quit because they would’ve provided the assistance needed.

I’m a dumb ass. I’m still glad I quit, just not soon enough to matter.

 

[Immigrant]

Social workers are working their butts off to get me hooked up with resources for aftercare.

I HATE being a loser.

 

[wetwillie]

Social workers are working their butts off to get me hooked up with resources for aftercare.

I HATE being a loser.

Your loserness is offset by someone in the 'burbs with 2 great health plans and multiple retirement plans. Just take the help and grin.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Social workers are working their butts off to get me hooked up with resources for aftercare.

I HATE being a loser.

Pay them with crazy stories.

 

[Immigrant]

I just had a checkup.

I am “severely malnourished”.

Then she looked at my history and was like “Oh”.

 

[Immigrant]

And then a big bag of prescriptions were dropped off, no charge.

 

[Domon]

Your loserness is offset by someone in the 'burbs with 2 great health plans and multiple retirement plans. Just take the help and grin.

Ill gladly pay more taxes so people like immi and those worse off that him can get the medical help they need.

 

[tre]

Ill gladly pay more taxes so people like immi and those worse off that him can get the medical help they need.

congrats, you're now an honourary Canadian

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I just had a checkup.

I am “severely malnourished”.

Then she looked at my history and was like “Oh”.

What kind of face did you give her while you waited for her to catch up?

 

[kiwi]

Outside of babies the only hospital stay I’ve had was when I got my appendix out in 01.

 

[Domon]

congrats, you're now an honourary Canadian

I always have been i grew up close enough to the border than canadian coins up to quarters were generally accepted when i was growing up, and if you got really close to the border, people started speaking french

 

[Immigrant]

What kind of face did you give her while you waited for her to catch up?

Hehe

I only have one, and it be fugly.

 

[Immigrant]

Nurses are gonna dress me in a few.

See y’all later

 

[nukes]

Nurses are gonna dress me in a few.

See y’all later

Exciting!

 

[HipHugHer]

I always have been i grew up close enough to the border than canadian coins up to quarters were generally accepted when i was growing up, and if you got really close to the border, people started speaking french

Must've been a little closer than me. We would occasionally get nickels or dimes in our pocket change. Everybody accepted them.

 

[Strings]

See ya in the funny papers, Immi.

 

[HipHugHer]

See ya in the funny papers, Immi.

Half these people probably too young to know what the funny papers are, Strings.

 

[Strings]

Half these people probably too young to know what the funny papers are, Strings.

And the other half don't care.

 

[Immigrant]

Coffee at home is always better.