Reblog from 1/5/13 – Picc Lines and Central Lines are obviously not preferably but I know for me and countless others they can make or break a hospital stay. If you or anyone you know is a current patient in the hospital, or is a person who requires frequent hospitalizations you will be doing yourself […]
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
I can’t really bring myself to allow anymore emotions onto the surface other than what I wrote early yesterday morning about my grandfather. I do need to write I just also need to make sure I don’t fall apart in doing so. I thought I would talk about what it was like for me to […]
How Do You Define “(Major) Surgery?”
One of the questions that I have a hard time answering and struggle with is what actually constitutes a major surgery. I know this is something that is different for everyone so why am I even talking about this you ask? Well to be honest this is something that has always bothered me when speaking […]
Leaving Against Medical Advice
I had a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday who was understandably very miserable being in the hospital. I always say the hospital is the absolute worst place to be when you aren’t feeling well (ironically) and when you are there over the holidays… it can be unbearable. Without going into enormous detail about […]
Day 3: My Most Memorable Conversation with My Doctor
I have had so many memorable conversations with my doctors over the past 12 years but one that sticks out in my mind was talking to my gastroenterologist when I was in the hospital following my first surgery. I had ulcerative colitis for two years at that point when I decided that it was time […]